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Terebratelloidea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratelloidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 69 (46%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 180 - 176 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Dallinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Terebratellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 399 | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1850 | Terebratelloidea King |
2006 | Terebratelloidea Williams et al. p. 2229 |
References
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320 |
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!