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Leiorhynchoidea ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866085	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866085
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28646	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28646

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Petasmariidae : Leiorhynchoidea

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	Pugnacoidea	Rzhonsnitskaia 1956
family	Petasmariidae	Savage 1996
genus	Leiorhynchoidea	Cloud 1944

Scientific Name

Leiorhynchoidea Cloud, 1944

Name Published In

Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., 52

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

393 - 388 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

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)

P. E. Cloud. 1944. Part III: Permian brachiopods, in Geology and paleontology of the Permian area northwest of Las Delicias, southwestern Coahuila, Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 52:49-69

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leiorhynchoidea amygdaloidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea cloudi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea laevis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea rotundidorsa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea scelesta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea schucherti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea sulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Leiorhynchoidea variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	279 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1944	Leiorhynchoidea Cloud pp. 57-58 figs. 28-31, Pl. 18, 2-4, 6-8, Pl. 19
2002	Leiorhynchoidea Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Leiorhynchoidea Williams et al. p. 1192

References

Cloud P. E. (1944) Part III: Permian brachiopods, in Geology and paleontology of the Permian area northwest of Las Delicias, southwestern Coahuila, Mexico, Geological Society of America Special Paper 52, 49-69

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

Spec. Pap. Geol. Soc. Amer., 52 - 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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