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Lapworthella ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Tommotiida : Lapworthellidae : Lapworthella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Tommotiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Tommotiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Tommotiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Tommotiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E.S. Cobbold. 1921. The Cambrian horizons of Comley (Shropshire) and their Brachiopoda, Pteropoda, Gasteropoda and etc. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 76:325-386 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lapworthella ablorta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lapworthella annulata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella cornu ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella dentata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella fasciculata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella gezhongwuensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 541 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella hubeiensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lapworthella hubeinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lapworthella nigra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella puttapensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella rostriptutea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella schodakensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
Lapworthella sinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lapworthella subrectangulata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Stenothecopsis heraultensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1921 | Lapworthella Cobbold p. 359 |
1935 | Stenothecopsis Cobbold p. 43 |
1962 | Lapworthella Fisher p. 138 |
1962 | Stenothecopsis Fisher p. 138 |
1966 | Lapworthella Rozanov and Missarzhevsky |
1983 | Lapworthella Qian and Zhang p. 88 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1984 | Lapworthella Duan p. 164 |
1984 | Lapworthella Landing pp. 1392-1393 |
2002 | Lapworthella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Stenothecopsis Sepkoski, Jr. |
2008 | Lapworthella Landing et al. p. 900 |
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!