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Gefonia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4869439	https://www.gbif.org/species/4869439
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	30199	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30199

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Notothyrididae : Gefonia

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	Terebratulidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Cryptonelloidea	Thomson 1926
family	Notothyrididae	Licharew 1960
genus	Gefonia	Licharev 1936

Scientific Name

Gefonia Licharev, 1936

Name Published In

Problems Paleont., Moscow, 1

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Terebratulida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Terebratulida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Licharew. 1936. Uber einige oberpaläozoische Gattungen der Terebratulacea aus Eurasien [On some Upper Paleozoic genera of Terebratulacea from Eurasia]. Problems of Paleontology 1:263-271

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gefonia bifrons ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Gefonia carinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Gefonia cubanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Gefonia emerita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Gefonia improvisa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Gefonia levis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Gefonia licharewi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Gefonia mimicusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Gefonia plicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Gefonia sinuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Gefonia warthiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Gefonia Licharew
2002	Gefonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Gefonia Williams et al. p. 2022

References

Licharew B. (1936) Uber einige oberpaläozoische Gattungen der Terebratulacea aus Eurasien [On some Upper Paleozoic genera of Terebratulacea from Eurasia], Problems of Paleontology 1, 263-271

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

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

Problems Paleont., Moscow, 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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