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Sphenotretidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4865435https://www.gbif.org/species/4865435
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125914https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125914
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Sphenotretidae
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
superfamilyAncistrorhynchoideaCooper 1956
familySphenotretidaeSavage 1996
Scientific NameSphenotretidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sphenotretidaefamilybelongs to Ancistrorhynchoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance472 - 461 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
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
Altaethyrella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
26461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Dorytreta
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
13468 Ma
Middle Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Sphenotreta
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
44472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Sphenotretidae Savage
2002Sphenotretidae Williams et al. p. 1042

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688
The Paleobiology Database (2010 version). - 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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