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Palaferellidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4864834https://www.gbif.org/species/4864834
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)127050https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=127050
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Palaferellidae
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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderDavidsoniidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyPalaferelloideaSpriestersbach 1942
familyPalaferellidaeSpriestersbach 1942
Scientific NamePalaferellidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaferellidaefamilybelongs to Palaferelloideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Atrypida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Atrypida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and S. J. Carlson, F. Alvarez, R. B. Blodgett, A. J. Boucot, P. Copper, A. S. Dagys, R. E. Grant, Y.-G. Jin, D. I. MacKinnon, M. O. Mancenido, E. F. Owen, J.-Y. Rong, N. M. Savage, D.-L. Sun. 2002. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Gruenewaldtia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1942Palaferellidae Spriestersbach
2002Palaferellidae Williams et al. p. 1450

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
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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