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Terebratuloidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratuloidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 459 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 71 (15%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Capillithyrididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 57 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Gibbithyrididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 130 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Sellithyrididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 421 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Terebratulidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 966 | 272 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Weberithyrididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Eichwaldithyris genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Heligothyris ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ilyinella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Longithyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Najdinothyris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Oleneothyris ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1840 | Terebratulacea Gray |
| 1973 | Terebratulacea Marasti p. 113 |
| 2000 | Terebratulacea Craig p. 118 |
| 2001 | Terebratuloidea Bitner and Martinell p. 180 |
| 2005 | Terebratulacea Atrops and Alméras p. 665 |
| 2006 | Terebratuloidea Williams et al. p. 2054 |
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!
