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Kiangsiella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866911	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866911
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27510	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27510

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Schuchertellidae : Kiangsiella

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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Orthotetida	Waagen 1884
superfamily	Orthotetoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Schuchertellidae	Williams 1953
subfamily	Streptorhynchinae	Stehli 1954
genus	Kiangsiella	Grabau & Chao 1927

Scientific Name

Kiangsiella Grabau & Chao, 1927

Name Published In

Bull. Geol. Soc. China, 6 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kiangsiella	genus	belongs to Streptorhynchinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Kiangsiella	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)

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
Kiangsiella compressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella condoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella deltoidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	265 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella distorta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella halliana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	331 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella longinucha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella pectiniformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	112	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella pinguis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Kiangsiella tieliensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Kiangsiella tingi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Kiangsiella Chao
2000	Kiangsiella Williams et al. p. 670
2002	Kiangsiella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

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

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

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

SN2000 unverified - 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

Bull. Geol. Soc. China, 6 (2) - 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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