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Rhynchotrema ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4865975	https://www.gbif.org/species/4865975
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28863	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28863

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Rhynchotrema

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	Rhynchotrematoidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Rhynchotrematidae	Schuchert 1913
subfamily	Rhynchotrematinae	Schuchert 1913
genus	Rhynchotrema	Hall 1860

Scientific Name

Rhynchotrema Hall, 1860

Name Published In

Ann. Rep. N. York Cab., 13

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhynchotrema	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellidae	stated with evidence	Oraspold, 1956
Rhynchotrema	genus	belongs to Rhynchotrematidae	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Rhynchotrema	genus	belongs to Rhynchotrematidae	stated with evidence	Rubel and Rozman, 1977
Rhynchotrema	genus	belongs to Rhynchotrematinae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Rhynchotrema	genus	belongs to Rhynchonellida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Rhynchotrema	genus	belongs to Rhynchotrematinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

237 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Rhynchotrematidae)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhynchotrematidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002).

Taphonomy

minor folds, major ribbing

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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rhynchotrema akchokense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhynchotrema dentata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhynchotrema fringilla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	443 Ma Silurian	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Rhynchotrema inaequivalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhynchotrema increbescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		86	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema iowense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema nobilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema nutrix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema parva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema parviseptatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Rhynchotrema perlamellosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema plicatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema pulchellum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema seletensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rhynchotrema tamarackensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1860	Rhynchotrema Hall
1956	Rhynchotrema Oraspold
1970	Rhynchotrema Macomber p. 443
1977	Rhynchotrema Mitchell
1977	Rhynchotrema Rubel and Rozman
2002	Rhynchotrema Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Rhynchotrema Williams et al. p. 1047

References

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

Oraspold A. L. (1956) New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages, Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 1, 41-67

Macomber R. W. (1970) Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 44 3, 416-450

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Rubel M., Rozman H. (1977) New Species of Silurian Rhynchonelloid Species of Estonia, Academy of Sciences of the Estonian S. S. R. Institute of Geology : Facies and Fauna of the Baltic Silurian, 213-239

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

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Ann. Rep. N. York Cab., 13 - 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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