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Sulcatinella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4869457	https://www.gbif.org/species/4869457
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	30564	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30564

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Dielasmatidae : Sulcatinella

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	Dielasmatoidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Dielasmatidae	Schuchert 1913
subfamily	Dielasmatinae	Schuchert 1913
genus	Sulcatinella	Dagis 1974

Scientific Name

Sulcatinella Dagis, 1974

Name Published In

Trudy Inst. Geol. Geofiz. sib. Otd. 214

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

216 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

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)

A. S. Dagys. 1974. Triassic Brachiopods (Morphology, Classification, Phylogeny, Stratigraphical Significance and Biogeography)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sulcatinella dorsaplana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Sulcatinella gregalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella incrassata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella opima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella ovata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella semiplana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella subsulcata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella sulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sulcatinella waehneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1974	Sulcatinella Dagys p. 177
2002	Sulcatinella Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Sulcatinella Williams et al. p. 2032

References

Dagys A. S. (1974) , Triassic Brachiopods (Morphology, Classification, Phylogeny, Stratigraphical Significance and Biogeography), 1-387

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

Trudy Inst. Geol. Geofiz. sib. Otd. 214 - 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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