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Wangyuiidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4870225https://www.gbif.org/species/4870225
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)124991https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=124991
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Wangyuiidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyWangyuiidaeZhang 1989
Scientific NameWangyuiidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Wangyuiidaefamilybelongs to Plectorthoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)18
First Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance428 - 426 Ma
Silurian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Orthida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Orthida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, S. J. Carlson, and C. H. C. Brunton, L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, M. Mergl, J. R. Laurie, M. G. Bassett, L. R. M. Cocks, J.-Y. Rong, S. S. Lazarev, R. E. Grant, P. R. Racheboeuf, Y.-G. Jin, B. R. Wardlaw, D. A. T. Harper, A. D. Wright, M. 2000. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Alpeisinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Wangyuiinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Alpeis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Bowanorthis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Enbektenorthis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Sigmelasma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
42470 Ma
Middle Ordovician
446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Toxorthis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
443 Ma
Silurian
Wangyuia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
22520 Ma
Cambrian
428 Ma
Silurian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1989Wangyuiidae Zhang
2000Wangyuiidae Williams et al. p. 779
2011Wangyuiidae Rubel
2012Wangyuiidae Hints

References

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
Rubel M. (2011) Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 4, 1-65
Hints L. (2012) New Hirnantian orthide brachiopods from the type section of the Porkuni Stage (Porkuni quarry, northeastern Estonia), Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 61 4, 227-241 doi:10.3176/earth.2012.4.04
Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Data - 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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