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Belbekella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865594	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865594
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28404	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28404

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Belbekella

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	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Hemithiridoidea	Rzhonsnitskaya 1956
family	Tetrarhynchiidae	Ager 1965
subfamily	Tetrarhynchiinae	Ager 1965
genus	Belbekella	Moisseev 1956

Scientific Name

Belbekella Moisseev, 1956

Name Published In

in Kiparisova, Markovski & Radchenko [Eds]. Materials on paleontology. New families and Genera. Ministr. Geol. Okran. Nedr. Moscow: Vses. nauchno-issled. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI) 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Belbekella	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Belbekella	genus	belongs to Tetrarhynchiinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

stationary (based on Rhynchonellida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchonellida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Belbekella castellanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Belbekella firjusaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Belbekella lata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Belbekella minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Belbekella mutabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Belbekella rotundicosta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Belbekella sayni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1939	Belbekella Moisseev
2002	Belbekella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Belbekella Williams et al. p. 1347

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Kiparisova, Markovski & Radchenko [Eds]. Materials on paleontology. New families and Genera. Ministr. Geol. Okran. Nedr. Moscow: Vses. nauchno-issled. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI) 12 - 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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