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Eodevonaria ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4869684	https://www.gbif.org/species/4869684
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27348	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27348

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Eodevonariidae : Eodevonaria

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	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Chonetidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Chonetoidea	Bronn 1862
family	Eodevonariidae	Sokolskaja 1960
genus	Eodevonaria	Breger 1906

Scientific Name

Eodevonaria Breger, 1906

Name Published In

Amer. J. Sci., (4) 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eodevonaria	subgenus	belongs to Chonetes	stated with evidence	Twenhofel, 1914
Eodevonaria	genus	belongs to Eodevonariidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Eodevonaria	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

388 - 359 Ma
Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Chonetidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Chonetidina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Dewing. 1999. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian strophomenid brachiopods of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. In A. D. McCracken (ed.), Palaeontographica Canadiana 17:1-143

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eodevonaria elymencheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodevonaria hemispherica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Eodevonaria intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1914	Chonetes (Eodevonaria) Twenhofel p. 26 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 4-5
1914	Eodevonaria Twenhofel p. 26 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 4-5
2000	Eodevonaria Williams et al. p. 390
2002	Eodevonaria Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Dewing K. (1999) Late Ordovician and Early Silurian strophomenid brachiopods of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 17, 1-143

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

Amer. J. Sci., (4) 22 - 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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