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Heterorthina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870282	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870282
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26802	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26802

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Heterorthidae : Heterorthina

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	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Dalmanelloidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Heterorthidae	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
genus	Heterorthina	Bancroft 1928

Scientific Name

Heterorthina Bancroft, 1928

Name Published In

Mem. Manchester lit. Phil. Soc., 72

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Heterorthina	genus	belongs to Heterorthidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Heterorthina	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Heterorthina	genus	belongs to Heterorthidae	stated with evidence	Hints and Harper, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

439 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Orthida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Orthida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Heterorthina cybele ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Heterorthina fairmountensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	458 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Heterorthina kerfornei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Heterorthina macfarlani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Heterorthina praeculta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bekkerella Rosenstein, 1943	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Heterorthidae : *Bekkerella*
Elsaella Alichova, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Heterorthidae : *Elsaella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Heterorthina Bancroft
2000	Heterorthina Williams et al. p. 804
2002	Heterorthina Sepkoski, Jr.
2015	Heterorthina Hints and Harper

References

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

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

Hints L., Harper D. A. T. (2015) The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2, 395-420 doi:10.4202/app.2013.0010

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mem. Manchester lit. Phil. Soc., 72 - 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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