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Christianiidae ✝

Description

Christianiidae is an extinct family of prehistoric brachiopods in the superfamily Strophomenoidea.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4867256https://www.gbif.org/species/4867256
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)103904https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103904
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Christianiidae
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
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyChristianiidaeWilliams 1953
Scientific NameChristianiidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Christianiidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenaceastated with evidenceMitchell, 1977
Christianiidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Christianiidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenoideastated without evidencePopov et al., 2000
Christianiidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenoideastated with evidenceCocks, 2005
Christianiidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenoideastated without evidenceZhan and Jin, 2005
Christianiidaefamilybelongs to Strophomenoideastated with evidenceCocks, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)24
First Recorded Appearance468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance443 - 441 Ma
Silurian
Motilitystationary
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder
Ecospace CommentsUnattached, suspension-feeder (McKerrow, 1979).
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L.R.M. Cocks. 2005. Strophomenate Brachiopods from the late Ordovician Boda Limestone of Sweden: their systematics and implications for palaeogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3:243-282
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianiidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Christiania
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
189468 Ma
Middle Ordovician
443 Ma
Silurian
Nubialba
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1953Christianiidae Williams
1977Christianiidae Mitchell
2000Christianiidae Popov et al.
2000Christianiidae Williams et al. p. 256
2005Christianiidae Cocks p. 265
2005Christianiidae Zhan and Jin
2010Christianiidae Cocks

References

Cocks L.R.M. (2005) Strophomenate Brachiopods from the late Ordovician Boda Limestone of Sweden: their systematics and implications for palaeogeography, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3, 243-282
Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138
Popov L. E., Nitikin I. F., et al (2000) Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Otar Member of the Chu-Ili Range, south Kazakhstan, Palaeontology 43 5, 833-870
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
Zhan R.-B., Jin J. (2005) New data on the Foliomena fauna (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Ordovician of South China, Journal of Paleontology 79 4, 670-686
Cocks L. R. (2010) Caradoc Strophomenoid and Plectambonitoid Brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland, Palaeontology 53 5, 1155-1200
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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