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Septospirigerella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867818	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867818
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29618	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29618

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Septospirigerella

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	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Athyridoidea	McCoy 1844
family	Athyrididae	McCoy 1841
subfamily	Spirigerellinae	Grunt 1965
genus	Septospirigerella	Grunt 1965

Scientific Name

Septospirigerella Grunt, 1965

Name Published In

Trudy paleont. Inst. 108

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Septospirigerella	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Septospirigerella	genus	belongs to Spirigerellinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

222 - 216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. A. Grunt. 1965. Athyridida, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:237-253

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Septospirigerella applanata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Septospirigerella baissalensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	30	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Septospirigerella felinella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Septospirigerella geranossica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Septospirigerella grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Septospirigerella harrisoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Septospirigerella lingula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Septospirigerella megridagica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Septospirigerella ovata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1965	Septospirigerella Grunt p. 237
2002	Septospirigerella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Septospirigerella Williams et al. p. 1544

References

Grunt T. A. (1965) Athyridida, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108, 237-253

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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trudy paleont. Inst. 108 - 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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