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Zeillerioidea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Zeillerioidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 354 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 13 (3.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Terebratulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Terebratulida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and SJ Carlson, PG Baker, JL Carter, GB Curry, AS Dagys, R. Gourvennec, HF Hou, YG Jin, JG Johnson, DE Lee, DI MacKinnon, PR Racheboeuf, TN Smirnova, DL Sun. 2006. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5:1689-2320 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dispheniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 260 Ma Permian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Eudesiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 253 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Gusarellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Zeilleriidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,854 | 252 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1940 | Zeilleriacea Allan |
1940 | Zeillerioidea Allan |
2005 | Zeilleriacea Atrops and Alméras p. 576 |
2006 | Zeillerioidea Williams et al. p. 2163 |
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!