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Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	305440	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=305440

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Sowerbyella : Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Sowerbyellidae	Opik 1930
subfamily	Sowerbyellinae	Opik 1930
genus	Sowerbyella	Jones 1928
subgenus	Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella)	Jones 1928

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella)	subgenus	belongs to Sowerbyella	stated with evidence	Liljeroth et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

468 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Strophomenida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)

Taphonomy

minor ribbing (based on Sowerbyella)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks. 2014. Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Chingiz Terrane, Kazakhstan, and their palaeogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(6):687-758

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) akdombakensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	15	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	17	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	28	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) eha ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) elusa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) forumi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	18	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) intricata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) multipartita ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) musculosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) oepiki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) papiliuncula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rectangularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rukavishnikovae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	12	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	70	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sinensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	21	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) tenera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	23	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) trivia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	25	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) varicostellata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) Jones
2017	Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) Liljeroth et al.

References

Popov L. E., Cocks L. R. M. (2014) Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Chingiz Terrane, Kazakhstan, and their palaeogeography, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 6, 687-758 doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.837844

Liljeroth M., Harper D. A. T., et al (2017) Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, Fossils and Strata 62, 1-164 doi:10.111/let.12205

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!

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