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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3252390	https://www.gbif.org/species/3252390
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	86572	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86572

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae

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	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Sowerbyellidae	Opik 1930

Scientific Name

Sowerbyellidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitacea	stated with evidence	Rõõmusoks, 1959
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Strophomenida	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitacea	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Strophomenida	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitacea	stated with evidence	Owen and Harper, 1982
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitacea	stated without evidence	Howe, 1988
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitoidea	stated with evidence	Jin and Chatterton, 1997
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitoidea	stated without evidence	Popov et al., 2000
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitoidea	stated with evidence	Musteikis and Cocks, 2004
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitoidea	stated without evidence	Zhan and Jin, 2005
Sowerbyellidae	family	belongs to Plectambonitoidea	stated with evidence	Cocks, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

174

First Recorded Appearance

488 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

393 - 388 Ma
Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Strophomenida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 6 of 6 genera share 1 to < 10 length; width inconsistent.

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. W. Macomber. 1970. Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 44(3):416-450

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anechophragminae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		29	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ptychoglyptinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		52	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2,221	488 Ma Cambrian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Xenambonitinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		14	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aegiria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		84	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Aegiromena ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		72	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
Anechophragma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Anisopleurella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		56	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Biseptata ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eochonetes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		251	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Eoplectodonta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		654	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	426 Ma Silurian
Gunningblandella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hadroskolos ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Jingshanella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Jonesea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	443 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Kozlowskites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		84	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Olgambonites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Plectodonta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychoglyptus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		52	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1,098	488 Ma Cambrian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ujukella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xenambonites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ygerodiscus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zhilgyzambonites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1930	Sowerbyellidae Opik
1959	Sowerbyellidae Rõõmusoks
1970	Sowerbyellidae Macomber
1974	Sowerbyellidae Bassett and Cocks
1977	Sowerbyellidae Mitchell
1982	Sowerbyellidae Owen and Harper
1988	Sowerbyellidae Howe p. 214
1997	Sowerbyellidae Jin and Chatterton

Year	Name and Author
2000	Sowerbyellidae Popov et al.
2000	Sowerbyellidae Williams et al. p. 341
2004	Sowerbyellidae Musteikis and Cocks
2005	Sowerbyellidae Zhan and Jin
2008	Sowerbyellidae Zhan et al.
2010	Sowerbyellidae Cocks
2011	Sowerbyellidae Rubel
2017	Sowerbyellidae Liljeroth et al.

References

Macomber R. W. (1970) Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 44 3, 416-450

Rõõmusoks A. (1959) Strophomenoidea des Ordoviziums und Silurs von Estland 1. Die Gattung SOWERBYELLA Jones, Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised, 11-50

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Owen A. W., Harper D. A. T. (1982) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 31. The upper Caradoc trilobites and brachiopods from Vestbraten, Ringerike, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62, 95-120

Howe H. J. (1988) Articulate brachiopods from the Richmondian of Tennessee, Journal of Paleontology 62 2, 204-218

Jin J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1997) Latest Ordovician-Silurian articulate brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Avalanche Lake area, southwestern District of Mackenzie, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 13, 1-62

Popov L. E., Nitikin I. F., et al (2000) Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Otar Member of the Chu-Ili Range, south Kazakhstan, Palaeontology 43 5, 833-870

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

Musteikis P., Cocks L. R. M. (2004) Strophomenide and orthotetide Silurian brachiopods from the Baltic region, with particular reference to Lithuanian boreholes, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 3, 455-482

Zhan R.-B., Jin J. (2005) New data on the Foliomena fauna (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Ordovician of South China, Journal of Paleontology 79 4, 670-686

Zhan R., Jin J., et al (2008) Strophomenide brachiopods from the Changwu Formation (Late Katian, Late Ordovician) of Chun'an, western Zhejiang, south-east China, Palaeontology 51 3, 737-766

Cocks L. R. (2010) Caradoc Strophomenoid and Plectambonitoid Brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland, Palaeontology 53 5, 1155-1200

Rubel M. (2011) Silurian brachiopods Dictyonellida, Strophomenida, Productida, Orthotetida, Protorthida and Orthida from Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 4, 1-65

Liljeroth M., Harper D. A. T., et al (2017) Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, Fossils and Strata 62, 1-164 doi:10.111/let.12205

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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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