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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864932	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864932
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29977	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29977

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Anazygidae : Zygospira

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	Atrypida	Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborder	Anazygidina	Copper 1996
superfamily	Anazygoidea	Davidson 1883
family	Anazygidae	Davidson 1883
subfamily	Anazyginae	Davidson 1883
genus	Zygospira	Hall 1862

Scientific Name

Zygospira Hall, 1862

Name Published In

Ann. Rep. New York Cab., 15

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Zygospira	genus	belongs to Atrypidae	stated with evidence	Raymond, 1911
Zygospira	genus	belongs to Atrypidae	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Zygospira	genus	belongs to Zygospirinae	stated without evidence	Howe, 1988
Zygospira	genus	belongs to Anazyginae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2002
Zygospira	genus	belongs to Atrypida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

472 - 458 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

443 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2002). LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al. (2009).

Taphonomy

minor folds, major ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hall. 1862. Observations upon a new genus of Brachiopoda. New York State Cabinet Annual Report 15:154-155

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Zygospira aquila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira circularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira deflecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Zygospira elongata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira exploitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira fallax ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira gutta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira jupiterensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira kentuckiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira lebanonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		74	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira matutina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Zygospira meafordensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira mediocostellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira modesta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		473	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira plebium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira putilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira resupinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zygospira saffordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygospira sulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Zygospira tantilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1862	Zygospira Hall pp. 154 - 155
1911	Zygospira Raymond
1956	Zygospira Oraspold
1970	Zygospira Macomber
1988	Zygospira Howe p. 205
2002	Zygospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Zygospira Williams et al. p. 1440

References

Hall J. Observations upon a new genus of Brachiopoda, New York State Cabinet Annual Report 15, 154-155

Raymond P. E. (1911) The Brachiopoda and Ostracoda of the Chazyan, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 7, 215-259

Oraspold A. L. (1956) New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages, Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 1, 41-67

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

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

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - 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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Rep. New York Cab., 15 - 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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