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Platystrophia annieana

Description

Platystrophia is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Ordovician to the Silurian in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. It has a prominent sulcus and fold. It usually lived in marine lime mud and sands.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9445424https://www.gbif.org/species/9445424
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)351084https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=351084
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : Platystrophia annieana
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : Platystrophia : Platystrophia annieana
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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlatystrophiidaeSchuchert 1929
genusPlatystrophiaKing 1850
speciesPlatystrophia annieanaFoerste 1910
Generic NamePlatystrophia
Scientific NamePlatystrophia annieana Foerste, 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platystrophia annieanaspeciesbelongs to Platystrophiastated with evidenceFoerste, 1910
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance458 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Platystrophia)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Platystrophia)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. F. Foerste. 1910. Preliminary notes on Cincinnatian and Lexington fossils of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 16(1):17-100
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platystrophia_annieana

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Platystrophia annieana Foerste figs. pl. 6, fig. 14
1979Platystrophia annieana Alberstadt pp. B12 - B14 figs. Plate 3, figures 1-45; plate 4, figures 1-15, plate 5, figures 37, 38; plate 7, figures 4-8

References

Foerste A. F. (1910) Preliminary notes on Cincinnatian and Lexington fossils of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 16 1, 17-100
Alberstadt L. P. (1979) The brachiopod genus Platystrophia, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 B, B1-B20
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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