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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864293	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864293
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26392	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26392

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniopsidae : Paracraniops

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniopsida : Craniopsidae : Paracraniops

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Craniiformea	Popov et al. 1993
class	Craniata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Craniopsida	Gorjansky and Popov 1985
superfamily	Craniopsioidea	Williams 1963
family	Craniopsidae	Williams 1963
genus	Paracraniops	Williams 1963

Scientific Name

Paracraniops Williams, 1963

Name Published In

Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Geol.) 8

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paracraniops	genus	belongs to Craniopsidae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Paracraniops	genus	belongs to Craniopsidae	stated without evidence	Popov et al., 2000
Paracraniops	genus	belongs to Lingulida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

441 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Environment

marine (based on Craniata)

Motility

stationary (based on Craniopsida)

Vision

blind (based on Craniata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Craniopsida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Craniops pararia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracraniops ellipticus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Paracraniops pararius ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Paracraniops patillis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Paracraniops Williams
1977	Paracraniops Mitchell
2000	Paracraniops Popov et al.
2000	Paracraniops Williams et al. p. 166
2002	Paracraniops Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Mitchell W. I. (1977) The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130 545, 1-138

Popov L. E., Nitikin I. F., et al (2000) Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Otar Member of the Chu-Ili Range, south Kazakhstan, Palaeontology 43 5, 833-870

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Geol.) 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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