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Mirilingula

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4864208https://www.gbif.org/species/4864208
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)26378https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26378
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulellotretidae : Mirilingula
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyLingulellotretidaeKoneva and Popov 1983
genusMirilingulaPopov 1983
Scientific NameMirilingula Popov, 1983
Name Published Inin Koneva & Popov, In Apollonov & Ivshin [Eds]. The Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Kazakhstan. Nauka, Alma-Ata
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mirilingulagenusbelongs to Lingulellotretidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Mirilingulagenusbelongs to Lingulidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Mirilingulagenusbelongs to Lingulellotretidaestated with evidenceHansen and Holmer, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance497 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance470 - 467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Linguloidea)
Visionblind (based on Lingulata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Linguloidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Lingulida)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mirilingula mutabilis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6497 Ma
Cambrian
497 Ma
Cambrian
Mirilingula postuma
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5497 Ma
Cambrian
497 Ma
Cambrian
Mirilingula svalbardensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
470 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Mirilingula Popov
2000Mirilingula Williams et al. p. 73
2002Mirilingula Sepkoski, Jr.
2011Mirilingula Hansen and Holmer

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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 (authority adjusted) - 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
in Koneva & Popov, In Apollonov & Ivshin [Eds]. The Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Kazakhstan. Nauka, Alma-Ata - 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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