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Psiloria ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4870396https://www.gbif.org/species/4870396
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)26962https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26962
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Protorthida : Protorthidae : Psiloria
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
orderProtorthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
superfamilyProtorthoideaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
familyProtorthidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusPsiloriaCooper 1976
Scientific NamePsiloria Cooper, 1976
Name Published InJ. Paleont. 50
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Psiloriagenusbelongs to Protorthidaestated without evidenceCooper, 1976
Psiloriagenusbelongs to Orthidastated without evidenceBengtson, 1992
Psiloriagenusbelongs to Protorthidaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Psiloriagenusbelongs to Orthidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance530 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)
Ecospace CommentsBODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).
Taphonomyminor ribbing
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. A. Cooper. 1976. Lower Cambrian brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Isreal and Jordan). Journal of Paleontology 50(2):269-289

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Psiloria alata ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1530 Ma
Cambrian		530 Ma
Cambrian
Psiloria dayei ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Psiloria dayi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2530 Ma
Cambrian		530 Ma
Cambrian
Psiloria pauperata ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3516 Ma
Cambrian		516 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1976Psiloria Cooper p. 280
1992Psiloria Bengtson p. 1030
2000Psiloria Williams et al. p. 710
2002Psiloria Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Cooper G. A. (1976) Lower Cambrian brachiopods from the Rift Valley (Isreal and Jordan), Journal of Paleontology 50 2, 269-289
Bengtson S. (1992) Proterozoic and earliest Cambrian skeletal metazoans, The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study, 1017-1034
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
J. Paleont. 50 - 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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