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Martinioidea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Martinioidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 297 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 431 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Spiriferida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Spiriferida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Crassumbidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Elythynidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 416 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Gerkispiridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Ingelarellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 994 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Martiniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 875 | 427 Ma Silurian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Micromartiniidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Perissothyrididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Tenellodermidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 36 | 433 Ma Silurian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1883 | Martinioidea Waagen p. 524 |
| 1998 | Martinioidea Carter and Poletaev p. 154 |
| 1999 | Martinioidea Chen and Shi |
| 2003 | Martinioidea Shen et al. p. 246 |
| 2006 | Martinioidea Williams et al. p. 1747 |
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!
