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Dictyonites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864082	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864082
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26578	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26578

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Paterinidae : Dictyonites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Paterinata : Paterinida : Paterinidae : Dictyonites

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	Linguliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Paterinata	Williams et al 1996
order	Paterinida	Rowell 1965
superfamily	Paterinoidea	Schuchert 1893
family	Paterinidae	Schuchert 1893
genus	Dictyonites	Cooper 1956

Scientific Name

Dictyonites Cooper, 1956

Name Published In

Smithson. Misc. Collns 127

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dictyonites	genus	belongs to Paterinidae	stated with evidence	Holmer, 1989
Dictyonites	genus	belongs to Paterinidae	stated without evidence	Popov, 2000
Dictyonites	genus	belongs to Paterinida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Dictyonites	genus	belongs to Paterinidae	stated with evidence	Hansen and Holmer, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

453 - 445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Motility

stationary (based on Paterinida)

Vision

blind (based on Paterinata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Paterinida)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Paterinida)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dictyonites fredriki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dictyonites mugilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	470 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dictyonites perforata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1956	Dictyonites Cooper
1989	Dictyonites Holmer
2000	Dictyonites Popov
2000	Dictyonites Williams et al. p. 152
2002	Dictyonites Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Dictyonites Hansen and Holmer

References

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

Holmer L. E. (1989) Middle Ordovician phosphatic inarticulate brachiopods from Västergötland and Dalarna, Sweden, Fossils and Strata 26, 1-172

Popov L. E. (2000) Late Ordovician linguliformean microbrachiopods from north-central Kazakhstan, Alcheringa 24, 257-275

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

Hansen J., Holmer L. E. (2011) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, Zootaxa 3076, 1-122

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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Smithson. Misc. Collns 127 - 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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