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Terebratellidae

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Terebratellidae is an extant family of brachiopods with a fossil record dating back to the Jurassic.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebratellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7527	https://www.gbif.org/species/7527
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	86967	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86967

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratellidae

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	Terebratulida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Terebratelloidea	King 1850
family	Terebratellidae	King 1850

Scientific Name

Terebratellidae

Name Published In

King, W. (1850). A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society Monograph. London. 30: i–xxxviii + 1–258 p., 28 pl.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Terebratellidae	family	belongs to Brachiopoda	stated with evidence	Stanton, 1895
Terebratellidae	family	belongs to Terebratulida	stated without evidence	Chiesa et al., 1995
Terebratellidae	family	belongs to Terebratelloidea	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

109

Extant Size (PBDB)

42 (39%)

First Recorded Appearance

180 - 176 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J.O. Chiesa, S.G. Parma, and HH Camacho. 1995. Observaciones estratigraficas en el Paleogeno del noroeste de la Provincia de Santa Cruz (Republica Argentina). Parte II: Invertebrados marinos de la Formacion El Chacy (Eoceno), Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Systematica y bioestratigrafia. Monografias de la Acadamia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas Y Naturales 11:17-68

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebratellidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Adnatidinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		3	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Anakineticinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		22	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Magadinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	27.3 Ma Oligocene	27.3 Ma Oligocene
Magellaniinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		57	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Neothyridinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Stethothyridinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		79	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Terebratellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		127	180 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Adnatida ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Aerothyris genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aliquantula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	41.3 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Anakinetica genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Aneboconcha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austrothyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	38.0 Ma Eocene	1.81 Ma Pleistocene
Calloria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Chathamithyris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Diedrothyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Dyscritosia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erihadrosia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	19.0 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Fosteria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gmelinmagas ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	48.6 Ma Eocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Gyrothyris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Iheringithyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Lutetiarcula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Magadina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	27.3 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Magadinella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Magas ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Magasella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		66	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Magella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Magellania genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Neothyris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Parakinetica genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pirothyris genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praemagadina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	27.3 Ma Oligocene	27.3 Ma Oligocene
Rhizothyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	27.3 Ma Oligocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Stethothyris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Syntomaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tanakura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	13.8 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Terebratella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		63	180 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Victorithyris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	41.3 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Waiparia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	27.3 Ma Oligocene	19.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1850	Terebratellidae King
1895	Terebratellidae Stanton p. 33
1995	Terebratellidae Chiesa et al. p. 29
2006	Terebratellidae Williams et al. p. 2229

References

Chiesa J.O., Parma S.G., et al (1995) Observaciones estratigraficas en el Paleogeno del noroeste de la Provincia de Santa Cruz (Republica Argentina). Parte II: Invertebrados marinos de la Formacion El Chacy (Eoceno), Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Systematica y bioestratigrafia, Monografias de la Acadamia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas Y Naturales 11, 17-68

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320

King, W. (1850). A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society Monograph. London. 30: i–xxxviii + 1–258 p., 28 pl. - via World Register of Marine Species

Emig, C.C.; Bitner, M.A.; Álvarez, F. (2013). Phylum Brachiopoda. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa. 3703(1): 75-78. - via World Register of Marine Species

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - 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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