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Stropheodontidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Stropheodontidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Stropheodontidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 452 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Strophomenida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Strophomenata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Talent. 1963. The Devonian of the Mitchell and Wentworth Rivers. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 24:1-118 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Brachyprioninae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Leptostrophiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stropheodontinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Maoristrophia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 433 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Origostrophia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Strophodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Eostropheodontidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Eostropheodontidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1939 | Stropheodontidae Caster |
| 1960 | Stropheodontidae Boucot p. 483 |
| 1963 | Stropheodontidae Talent p. 62 |
| 1964 | Stropheodontidae Boucot and Johnson p. 5 |
| 1976 | Stropheodontidae Isaacson et al. p. 1110 |
| 1977 | Stropheodontidae Mitchell |
| 1997 | Stropheodontidae Jin and Chatterton |
References
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!
