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Reticularioidea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Reticularioidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Spiriferida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Spiriferida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Elythidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,853 | 423 Ma Silurian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Reticulariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 531 | 443 Ma Silurian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Thomasariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Xenomartiniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 104 | 423 Ma Silurian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1883 | Reticularioidea Waagen |
1997 | Reticularioidea Jin and Chatterton |
2003 | Reticularioidea Shen et al. p. 247 |
2006 | Reticularioidea Williams et al. p. 1848 |
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!