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Composita ovata

Description

Composita is a brachiopod genus that lived from the Late Devonian to the Late Permian. Composita had a smooth shell with a more or less distinct fold and sulcus and a round opening for the pedicle on the pedicle valve. Composita is included in the family Athyrididae (Order Athyridida) and placed in the subfamily Spirigerellinae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7039398https://www.gbif.org/species/7039398
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)110387https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110387
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita ovata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita ovata
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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilySpirigerellinaeGrunt 1965
genusCompositaBrown 1849
speciesComposita ovataMather 1915
Generic NameComposita
Scientific NameComposita ovata (Mather, 1915)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Composita ovataspeciesbelongs to Compositastated without evidenceMather, 1915
Composita ovatasubspeciesbelongs to Composita subtilitastated without evidenceBurk, 1954
Composita ovataspeciesbelongs to Compositastated without evidenceHoare, 1961
Composita ovataspeciesbelongs to Compositastated with evidenceUstritsky and Chernyak, 1963
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilitystationary (based on Athyrididina)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K.F. Mather. 1915. The fauna of the Morrow Group of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 18(3):59-284
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composita_ovata

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Composita subtilita ovata (Mather, 1915)GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita subtilita ovata

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1915Composita ovata Mather p. 202 figs. pl. 14 f. 6-6c
1932Composita ovata Dunbar and Condra pp. 370-371 figs. pl. 43 f. 14-19
1954Composita subtilita ovata Burk p. 12 figs. pl. 1 f. 2-4, 11
1961Composita ovata Hoare pp. 90-91 figs. pl. 12 f. 3-4
1963Composita ovata Ustritsky and Chernyak p. 120 figs. Pl 45, fig 9

References

Mather K.F. (1915) The fauna of the Morrow Group of Arkansas and Oklahoma, Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 18 3, 59-284
Dunbar C. O., Condra G. E. (1932) Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska, Geological Survey of Nebraska Bulletin, Second Series 5, 1-377
Hoare R. D. (1961) Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri, Missouri University Studies 36, 1-262
Ustritsky V. I., Chernyak G. E. (1963) Biostratigrafiya i Brakhiopody Verknego Paleozoya Taimyra [Biostratigraphy and Brachiopods of the upper Paleozoic of Taimyr], Trudy Nauchno-Issledoratel'skogo Instituta Geologii Arktiki 134, 1-139
K.F. Mather (1915) The fauna of the Morrow Group of Arkansas and Oklahoma: Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 3: 59--284 - via Catalogue of Life
V. I. Ustritsky, G. E. Chernyak (1963) Biostratigrafiya i Brakhiopody Verknego Paleozoya Taimyra [Biostratigraphy and Brachiopods of the upper Paleozoic of Taimyr]: Trudy Nauchno-Issledoratel'skogo Instituta Geologii Arktiki: 1--139 - via Catalogue of Life
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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