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Acanthambonia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864533	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864533
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26433	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26433

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Siphonotretida : Siphonotretidae : Acanthambonia

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	Lingulata	Gorjansky and Popov 1985
order	Siphonotretida	Gorjansky 1960
superfamily	Siphonotretoidea	Kutorga 1848
family	Siphonotretidae	Kutorga 1848
genus	Acanthambonia	Cooper 1956

Scientific Name

Acanthambonia Cooper, 1956

Name Published In

Smithson. Misc. Collns 127

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acanthambonia	genus	belongs to Acanthamboniinae	stated without evidence	Wright, 1963
Acanthambonia	genus	belongs to Acanthamboniinae	stated with evidence	Holmer, 1986
Acanthambonia	genus	belongs to Siphonotretidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Acanthambonia	genus	belongs to Acrotretida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Acanthambonia	genus	belongs to Siphonotretidae	stated with evidence	Hansen and Holmer, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)

Vision

blind (based on Lingulata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

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
Acanthambonia delicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Acanthambonia klabavensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Acanthambonia minutisima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Acanthambonia minutissima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Acanthambonia portranensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Acanthambonia virginiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1956	Acanthambonia Cooper
1963	Acanthambonia Wright
1986	Acanthambonia Holmer
1987	Acanthambonia Popov and Nolvak
1989	Acanthambonia Holmer
2000	Acanthambonia Williams et al. p. 140
2002	Acanthambonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Acanthambonia Hansen and Holmer

References

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

Wright A. D. (1963) The fauna of the Portrane Limestone 1. The inarticulate brachiopods, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 8 5, 224-254

Holmer L. E. (1986) Inarticulate brachiopods around the Middle-Upper Ordovician boundary in Västergötland, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 108 2, 97-126 doi:10.1080/11035898609452633

Popov L. E., Nolvak J. (1987) Revision of the Morphology and Systematic Position of the Genus Acanthambonia (Brachiopoda, Inarticulata), Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Geoloogia Institut 36, 14-19

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

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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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