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Thecospiridae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4864770https://www.gbif.org/species/4864770
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)127082https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=127082
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Thecideida : Thecospiridae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecospiroideaBittner 1890
familyThecospiridaeBittner 1890
Scientific NameThecospiridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thecospiridaefamilybelongs to Thecospiroideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance242 - 232 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Thecideida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Thecideida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and SJ Carlson, PG Baker, JL Carter, GB Curry, AS Dagys, R. Gourvennec, HF Hou, YG Jin, JG Johnson, DE Lee, DI MacKinnon, PR Racheboeuf, TN Smirnova, DL Sun. 2006. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5:1689-2320

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Thecospira
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
62242 Ma
Middle Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1890Thecospiridae Bittner
2006Thecospiridae Williams et al. p. 1944

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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