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Trigonosemus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4869367	https://www.gbif.org/species/4869367
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	30601	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30601

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : Trigonosemus

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	Terebratulida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Laqueoidea	Thomson 1927
family	Terebrataliidae	Richardson 1975
subfamily	Trigonoseminae	Elliott 1965
genus	Trigonosemus	König 1825

Scientific Name

Trigonosemus König, 1825

Name Published In

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Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trigonosemus	genus	belongs to Terebratulida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Trigonosemus	genus	belongs to Trigonoseminae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Terebrataliidae)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Terebrataliidae)

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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Trigonosemus elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trigonosemus palissii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Delthyridea McCoy, 1844	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Delthyridea*
Fissirostris Gray, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Fissirostris*
Fissurirostra d'Orbigny, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Fissurirostra*
Fissirostra d'Orbigny, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Fissirostra*
Fissuristra Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Fissuristra*
Trigonoremus Gray, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Trigonoremus*
Trigonosema Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Trigonosema*
Trigonosmus Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Trigonosmus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Trigonosemus Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Trigonosemus Williams et al. p. 2215

References

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 (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320

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

Icones Foss. - 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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