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Nucleospira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4868346	https://www.gbif.org/species/4868346
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29465	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29465

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Nucleospiridae : Nucleospira

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	Nucleospiridae	Davidson 1881
genus	Nucleospira	Hall 1858

Scientific Name

Nucleospira Hall, 1858

Name Published In

Palaeont. N. York, 3 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nucleospira	genus	belongs to Spiriferacea	stated without evidence	Kirk and Amsden, 1952
Nucleospira	genus	belongs to Nucleospiridae	stated without evidence	Talent, 1963
Nucleospira	genus	belongs to Nucleospiridae	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Nucleospira	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hall. 1860. Containing descriptions and figures of the organic remains of the Lower Helderburg Group and the Oriskany Sanbstone. New York Geological Survey 3(1):1-532

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nucleospira bellornata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nucleospira carlukensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucleospira clairensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucleospira concinna ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		44	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Nucleospira cunctata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Nucleospira hecetensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	433 Ma Silurian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nucleospira lentilca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Nucleospira minum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucleospira pisum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		45	439 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Nucleospira rotundata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucleospira subsphaerica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nucleospira superata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Nucleospira swartzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucleospira ventricosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		22	427 Ma Silurian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nucleospira ventricosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirifer pisum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Nucleospira Hall
1952	Nucleospira Kirk and Amsden
1963	Nucleospira Talent p. 49
1974	Nucleospira Bassett and Cocks
1982	Nucleospira Jones p. 1393
1997	Nucleospira Jin and Chatterton
2002	Nucleospira Musteikis and Modzalevskaya
2002	Nucleospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Nucleospira Williams et al. p. 1579

References

Hall J. Containing descriptions and figures of the organic remains of the Lower Helderburg Group and the Oriskany Sanbstone, New York Geological Survey 3 1, 1-532

Kirk E., Amsden T. W. (1952) Upper Silurian brachiopods from southeastern Alaska, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 233-C, 53-55

Talent J. A. (1963) The Devonian of the Mitchell and Wentworth Rivers, Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 24, 1-118

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Jones B. (1982) Lower Devonian brachiopods from the "Bird Fiord" Formation of the Vendom Fiord area, Ellesmere Island, arctic Canada, Journal of Paleontology 56 6, 1375-1396

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

Musteikis P., Modzalevskaya T. L. (2002) Some Silurian Brachiopods from Lithuania and their Palaeobiogeographical significance, Palaeontology 45 3, 595-626

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

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

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

Palaeont. N. York, 3 (1) - 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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