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Atelelasma ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870426	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870426
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26675	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26675

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Clitambonitidae : Atelelasma

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	Billingsellida	Schuchert 1893
suborder	Clitambonitidina	Opik 1934
superfamily	Clitambonitoidea	Winchell and Schuchert 1893
family	Clitambonitidae	Winchell and Schuchert 1893
genus	Atelelasma	Cooper 1956

Scientific Name

Atelelasma Cooper, 1956

Name Published In

Smithson. Misc. Collns 127

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Atelelasma	genus	belongs to Atelelasmatinae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Atelelasma	genus	belongs to Clitambonitidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Atelelasma	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Atelelasma	genus	belongs to Clitambonitidae	stated with evidence	Liljeroth et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

478 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

452 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Billingsellida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Billingsellida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2006).

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	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Atelelasma decoricatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelelasma decorticatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Atelelasma dorsoconvexum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Atelelasma longisulcum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Atelelasma multicosta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Atelelasma obscurum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelelasma oklahomense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelelasma perfectum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Atelelasma planum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelelasma platys species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelelasma primotica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Atelelasma subdorsoconvexum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Atelelasma sulcatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atelelasma variabile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1956	Atelelasma Cooper
1977	Atelelasma Mitchell
2000	Atelelasma Williams et al. p. 697
2002	Atelelasma Sepkoski, Jr.
2017	Atelelasma Liljeroth et al.

References

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

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

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

Liljeroth M., Harper D. A. T., et al (2017) Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, Fossils and Strata 62, 1-164 doi:10.111/let.12205

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

Smithson. Misc. Collns 127 - 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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