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Horridonia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7487744	https://www.gbif.org/species/7487744
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27458	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27458

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Horridonia

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	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Productidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Productoidea	Gray 1840
family	Productidae	Gray 1840
subfamily	Leioproductinae	Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribe	Horridoniini	Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subtribe	Horridoniina	Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genus	Horridonia	Chao 1927

Scientific Name

Horridonia Chao, 1927

Name Published In

Pal. sinica, (B) 5 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Horridonia	subgenus	belongs to Productus	stated with evidence	Frebold, 1942
Horridonia	genus	belongs to Horridoniini	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Horridonia	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Horridonia	genus	belongs to Horridoniina	stated with evidence	Lazarev, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Productidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Productidina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Y.T. Chao. 1927. Productidae of China Part 1: Producti. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 5(2):1-244

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Horridonia daltonense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Horridonia horrida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		73	279 Ma Permian	259 Ma Permian
Horridonia kalpinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Horridonia praetimanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Horridonia regularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Horridonia yichunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Horridonia Chao p. 24
1942	Productus (Horridonia) Frebold
2000	Horridonia Williams et al. p. 480
2002	Horridonia Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Horridonia Lazarev p. 151

References

Chao Y.T. (1927) Productidae of China Part 1: Producti, Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 5 2, 1-244

Frebold H. (1942) Über die Productiden des Brachiopodenkalkes und der Mallemukformation des nördlichen Ostgrönland und die altersfrage einiger Jung-Paläozoischer Bildungen der Arktis, Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 84, 1-68

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

Lazarev S. S. (2005) Brachiopods of the Tribe Horridoniini (Order Productida): 2. Evolution and Systematics, Paleontological Journal 39 2, 148-157

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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

Pal. sinica, (B) 5 (2) - 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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