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Aegiromena ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867855	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867855
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	172964	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=172964

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Aegiromena

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Aegiromenidae : Aegiromena

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	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Aegiromenidae
genus	Aegiromena	Havlicek 1961

Scientific Name

Aegiromena Havlicek, 1961

Name Published In

Vest. ústred. Ust. Geol. 36

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aegiromena	genus	belongs to Plectambonitacea	stated without evidence	Havlícek, 1961
Aegiromena	genus	belongs to Aegiromenidae	stated with evidence	Benedetto, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

468 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

439 - 433 Ma
Silurian

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)

V. Havlícek. 1961. Plectambonitacea im böhmischen Paliiozoikum (Brachiopoda). Vestník Ustedniho ústavu geologického 6:447-451

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aegiromena (Aegiromenella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		10	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Aegiromena aquila ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aegiromena descendens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aegiromena durbenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aegiromena mariana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Aegiromena meneghiniana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aegiromena planissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aegiromena ultima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Aegiromenella Rong, Huang, Zhan & Harper, 2013	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : *Aegiromenella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1961	Aegiromena Havlícek
2012	Aegiromena Benedetto p. 439

References

Havlícek V. (1961) Plectambonitacea im böhmischen Paliiozoikum (Brachiopoda), Vestník Ustedniho ústavu geologického 6, 447-451

Benedetto J. L. (2012) Gatosella, a new basal plectambonitoid brachiopod with undercut cardinal process from Middle Ordovician limestones of the Precordillera terrane, Argentina, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 3, 435-443 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.590536

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

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

Vest. ústred. Ust. Geol. 36 - 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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