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Plectorhynchellidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4865342https://www.gbif.org/species/4865342
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)126083https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=126083
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Plectorhynchellidae
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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyPlectorhynchellidaeRzhonsnitskaia 1958
Scientific NamePlectorhynchellidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plectorhynchellidaefamilybelongs to Pugnacoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance371 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Rhynchonellida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)
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
Plectorhynchellinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)5411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
371 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Pygmaellinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)5419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Kindleina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1958Plectorhynchellidae Rzhonsnitskaia
2002Plectorhynchellidae Williams et al. p. 1176

References

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