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Dicystoconcha ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870076	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870076
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27309	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27309

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Permianellidae : Dicystoconcha

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	Lyttoniidina	Williams et al. 2000
superfamily	Permianelloidea	He and Zhu 1979
family	Permianellidae	He and Zhu 1979
genus	Dicystoconcha	Termier de Lapparent & Marin 1974

Scientific Name

Dicystoconcha Termier, de Lapparent & Marin, 1974

Name Published In

Docums Lab. Geol. Fac. Sci. Lyon (Hors Ser.) 2

Opinions (PBDB)

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

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

272 - 269 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Lyttoniidina)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Lyttoniidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Lyttoniidina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. Termier, H. Termier, and AF de Lapparent, P. Marin. 1974. Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2:1-165

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dicystoconcha lapparenti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1974	Dicystoconcha Termier et al. p. 122
1982	Dipunctella Liang p. 228
1984	Guangjiayanella Yang p. 211
1989	Guangdongina Mou and Liu p. 457
1990	Fabulasteges Liang p. 381
2000	Dicystoconcha Williams et al. p. 639
2002	Dicystoconcha Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Dipunctella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Guangdongina Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Guangjiayanella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Termier G., Termier H., et al (1974) Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central), Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2, 1-165

Liang W. (1982) Brachiopod taxonomic names, Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2, 186-256

Yang D. L. (1984) Brachiopoda, Biostratigraphy of the Yangtze Gorge Area 3, 203-239

Mou C. J., Liu C. L. (1989) A new type of brachiopods - Guangdongina and its ecological environment, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 28 4, 455-462

Liang W. P. (1990) Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province, Geological Memoirs 2 10, 1-522

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

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

Docums Lab. Geol. Fac. Sci. Lyon (Hors Ser.) 2 - 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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