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Trematobolus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4863878	https://www.gbif.org/species/4863878
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26627	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26627

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Obolellata : Obolellida : Trematobolidae : Trematobolus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Obolellata
order	Obolellida	Rowell 1965
superfamily	Obolelloidea	Walcott and Schuchert 1908
family	Trematobolidae	Williams et al. 2000
genus	Trematobolus	Matthew 1892

Scientific Name

Trematobolus Matthew, 1892

Name Published In

Canad. Rec. Sci., 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trematobolus	genus	belongs to Obolellidae	stated without evidence	Cooper, 1976
Trematobolus	genus	belongs to Obolellida	stated without evidence	Bengtson, 1992
Trematobolus	genus	belongs to Obolellidae	stated without evidence	Geyer, 1994
Trematobolus	genus	belongs to Trematobolidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Trematobolus	genus	belongs to Obolellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

541 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

Motility

stationary (based on Obolellida)

Vision

blind (based on Obolellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Obolellida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Obolellida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Trematobolus excelsis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trematobolus insignis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trematobolus palaestinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	530 Ma Cambrian	530 Ma Cambrian
Trematobolus simplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	541 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Protosyphon Goryansky, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Obolellata : Obolellida : Trematobolidae : *Protosyphon*
Protosiphon Matthew, 1897	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Obolellata : Obolellida : Trematobolidae : *Protosiphon*
Trematobolos Eastman, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Obolellata : Obolellida : Trematobolidae : *Trematobolos*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Trematobolus Matthew
1962	Lamellodonta Vogel p. 216
1969	Lamellodonta Cox et al. p. N400
1976	Trematobolus Cooper p. 275
1992	Trematobolus Bengtson p. 1030
1994	Trematobolus Geyer p. 997
2000	Trematobolus Williams et al. p. 206
2002	Trematobolus Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Lamellodonta Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Cox L. R., Newell N. D., et al (1969) Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1, N1-N489

Cooper G. A. (1976) Lower Cambrian brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Isreal and Jordan), Journal of Paleontology 50 2, 269-289

Bengtson S. (1992) Proterozoic and earliest Cambrian skeletal metazoans, The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study, 1017-1034

Geyer G. (1994) A new obolellid brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian of Morocco, Journal of Paleontology 68 5, 995-1002

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Canad. Rec. Sci., 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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