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Paterina ✝
Description | Paterina is a genus of brachiopods known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 18 specimens of Paterina are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.03% of the community. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Paterinidae : Paterina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Paterinata : Paterinida : Paterinidae : Paterina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Paterina Beecher, 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Amer. J. Sci., (3) 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 520 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 458 - 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Paterinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Paterinata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Paterinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Paterinida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Micromitra (Paterina) prospectensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Micromitra prospectensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paterina alaica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 505 Ma Cambrian | 505 Ma Cambrian | |
Paterina hirta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paterina major species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paterina modesta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paterina roddyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paterina rotunda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paterina troyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Iphidea Billings, 1872 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Paterinidae : Iphidea |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1872 | Iphidea Billings |
1891 | Paterina Beecher |
1917 | Micromitra (Paterina) Reed |
1992 | Paterina Bengtson p. 1030 |
2000 | Paterina Williams et al. p. 150 |
2002 | Paterina Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!