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Porambonitoidea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Porambonitoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Pentamerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pentamerida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and S. J. Carlson, F. Alvarez, R. B. Blodgett, A. J. Boucot, P. Copper, A. S. Dagys, R. E. Grant, Y.-G. Jin, D. I. MacKinnon, M. O. Mancenido, E. F. Owen, J.-Y. Rong, N. M. Savage, D.-L. Sun. 2002. Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Clarkellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 169 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Eostrophiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 505 Ma Cambrian | 497 Ma Cambrian | |
Huenellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Syntrophiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Tetralobulidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 187 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1853 | Porambonitoidea Davidson |
2002 | Porambonitoidea Williams et al. p. 930 |
2003 | Porambonitoidea Benedetto |
2005 | Porambonitoidea Popov et al. |
2010 | Porambonitoidea Zhan et al. |
2011 | Porambonitoidea Hansen and Holmer |
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!