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Spiriferinoidea ✝
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Spiriferinoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 427 - 423 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 174 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Spiriferinida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Spiriferinida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. H. C. Brunton and C. Champion. 1974. A Lower Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Manifold Valley, Staffordshire. Palaeontology 17(4):811-840 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mentzeliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 437 | 260 Ma Permian | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Sinucostidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 104 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Spiriferinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 875 | 427 Ma Silurian | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1884 | Spiriferinoidea Davidson |
1974 | Spiriferinoidea Brunton and Champion p. 836 |
2006 | Spiriferinoidea Williams et al. p. 1930 |
2016 | Spiriferinoidea He and Chen p. 975 |
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!