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Plectambonitidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4866244https://www.gbif.org/species/4866244
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)124325https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=124325
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Plectambonitidae
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
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyPlectambonitidaeKozlowski 1929
Scientific NamePlectambonitidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plectambonitidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenaceastated with evidenceÖpik, 1932
Plectambonitidaefamilybelongs to Plectambonitoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)54
First Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance443 - 427 Ma
Silurian
Motilitystationary (based on Strophomenida)
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, S. J. Carlson, and C. H. C. Brunton, L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, M. Mergl, J. R. Laurie, M. G. Bassett, L. R. M. Cocks, J.-Y. Rong, S. S. Lazarev, R. E. Grant, P. R. Racheboeuf, Y.-G. Jin, B. R. Wardlaw, D. A. T. Harper, A. D. Wright, M. 2000. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Leptestiinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Plectambonitinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)163485 Ma
Cambrian
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Plectellinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Taphrodontinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)60472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Akelina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1485 Ma
Cambrian
485 Ma
Cambrian
Bandaleta
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Ingria
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
90472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Isophragma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
29472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Nanambonites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
467 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Plectambonites
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
50470 Ma
Middle Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Plectella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
22479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Taphrodonta
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
20472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Ukoa
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7468 Ma
Middle Ordovician
464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Uzunbulakia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1929Plectambonitidae Kozlowski
1932Plectambonitidae Öpik
1953Plectambonitidae Alikhova
2000Plectambonitidae Williams et al. p. 305
2017Plectambonitidae Liljeroth et al.

References

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919
Öpik A. (1932) Über die Plectellinen, Eesti Vabariigi Tartu Ülikooli Toimetused\r\n\r\n, 1-85
Alikhova T. N. (1953) Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy, Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR, 1-127
Liljeroth M., Harper D. A. T., et al (2017) Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, Fossils and Strata 62, 1-164 doi:10.111/let.12205
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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