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Atrypoidea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 190 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Atrypida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Atrypida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. J. Boucot and J. G. Johnson. 1964. Brachiopods of the Ede Quartzite (Lower Llandovery) of Norderon, Jamtland. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 42(9):1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Atrypidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3,112 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 323 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Atrypinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 820 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Lissatrypidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 962 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Zygospiridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atrypoidea latilingulata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 426 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| Atrypoidea linguata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 443 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Atrypoidea scheii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1871 | Atrypoidea Gill |
| 1997 | Atrypoidea Jin and Chatterton |
| 2002 | Atrypoidea Musteikis and Modzalevskaya |
| 2002 | Atrypoidea Williams et al. p. 1389 |
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!
