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Guerichia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9511352https://www.gbif.org/species/9511352
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)351043https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=351043
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Guerichia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
genusGuerichiaRzehak 1910
Scientific NameGuerichia Rzehak, 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Guerichiagenusbelongs to Bivalviastated with evidenceBecker et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance372 - 365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance359 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. T. Becker, S. Hartenfels, and S. Helling, G. Schreiber. 2016. The “Nehden Goniatite Shale” (lower Famennian, Brilon Reef Complex, NE Rhenish Massif). Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 108:179-195

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Guerichia venusta
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Guerichia Rzehak
2016Guerichia Becker et al.

References

Becker R. T., Hartenfels S., et al (2016) The “Nehden Goniatite Shale” (lower Famennian, Brilon Reef Complex, NE Rhenish Massif), Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 108, 179-195
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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