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Diplanus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4869837	https://www.gbif.org/species/4869837
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27310	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27310

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : Diplanus

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	Orthotetida	Waagen 1884
superfamily	Orthotetoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Derbyiidae	Stehli 1954
genus	Diplanus	Stehli 1954

Scientific Name

Diplanus Stehli, 1954

Name Published In

Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 105

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diplanus	genus	belongs to Derbyiidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Diplanus	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

307 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diplanus apochordus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Diplanus catatonus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	304 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Diplanus dilatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Diplanus lamellatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	51	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Diplanus rarus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Diplanus redactus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	304 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Diplanus stanleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	307 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1954	Diplanus Stehli pp. 299-300
2000	Diplanus Williams et al. p. 657
2002	Diplanus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Stehli F.G. (1954) Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105 3, 257-358

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

Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 105 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

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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