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Chilidiopsidae ✝

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Description

Strophomenata is an extinct class of brachiopods in the subphylum Rhynchonelliformea.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilidiopsidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865211	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865211
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	124878	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=124878

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Chilidiopsidae

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	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Orthotetida	Waagen 1884
suborder	Orthotetidina	Waagen 1884
superfamily	Chilidiopsoidea	Boucot 1959
family	Chilidiopsidae	Boucot 1959

Scientific Name

Chilidiopsidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chilidiopsidae	family	belongs to Davidsoniacea	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Chilidiopsidae	family	belongs to Strophomenida	stated without evidence	Isaacson et al., 1976
Chilidiopsidae	family	belongs to Chilidiopsoidea	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Chilidiopsidae	family	misspelling of Chilidiopsidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Chilidiopsidae	family	belongs to Orthotetoidea	stated with evidence	Musteikis and Cocks, 2004
Chilidiopsidae	family	belongs to Chilidiopsoidea	stated with evidence	Rubel, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

472 - 461 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

372 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 3 of 3 genera share 10 to < 100 width, length inconsistent.

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Williams, S. J. Carlson, and C. H. C. Brunton, L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, M. Mergl, J. R. Laurie, M. G. Bassett, L. R. M. Cocks, J.-Y. Rong, S. S. Lazarev, R. E. Grant, P. R. Racheboeuf, Y.-G. Jin, B. R. Wardlaw, D. A. T. Harper, A. D. Wright, M. 2000. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilidiopsidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chilidiopsinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		204	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Gacellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		8	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Coolinia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fardenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		479	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Gacella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Iridistrophia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		103	427 Ma Silurian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Kopella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Morinorhynchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		83	443 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Saughina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Valdaria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	439 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Xystostrophia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Chilidiopsididae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Chilidiopsididae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1959	Chilidiopsidae Boucot pp. 25-28
1974	Chilidiopsidae Bassett and Cocks
1976	Chilidiopsididae Isaacson et al. p. 1110
2000	Chilidiopsidae Williams et al. p. 671
2004	Chilidiopsidae Musteikis and Cocks
2011	Chilidiopsidae Rubel
2015	Chilidiopsidae Hints and Harper

References

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

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Isaacson P. E., Antelo B., et al (1976) Implications of a Llandovery (Early Silurian) brachiopod fauna from Salta Province, Argentina, Journal of Paleontology 50 6, 1103-1112

Musteikis P., Cocks L. R. M. (2004) Strophomenide and orthotetide Silurian brachiopods from the Baltic region, with particular reference to Lithuanian boreholes, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 3, 455-482

Rubel M. (2011) Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 4, 1-65

Hints L., Harper D. A. T. (2015) The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2, 395-420 doi:10.4202/app.2013.0010

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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