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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864479	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864479
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26460	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26460

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Acrotretida : Acrotretidae : Conotreta

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	Linguliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Lingulata	Gorjansky and Popov 1985
order	Acrotretida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Acrotretoidea	Schuchert 1893
family	Acrotretidae	Schuchert 1893
genus	Conotreta	Walcott 1890

Scientific Name

Conotreta Walcott, 1890

Name Published In

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Conotreta	genus	belongs to Acrotretinae	stated with evidence	Holmer, 1986
Conotreta	genus	belongs to Acrotretidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Conotreta	genus	belongs to Acrotretidae	stated without evidence	Popov, 2000
Conotreta	genus	belongs to Acrotretida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Conotreta	genus	belongs to Acrotretidae	stated with evidence	Popov et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Lingulata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Had pedical, but not attached, rather resting on substrate (McKerrow). BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Acrotretida)

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
Conotreta altirostra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conotreta apicalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Conotreta chernovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta concentrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conotreta conoidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta convexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	470 Ma Middle Ordovician
Conotreta cuspidata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Conotreta davidsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta lepton ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Conotreta mica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta millardensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Conotreta multisinuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conotreta orbicularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta plana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Conotreta rnagna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conotreta rusti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta siljanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Conotreta triangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Conotreta Walcott
1986	Conotreta Holmer
1989	Conotreta Holmer
2000	Conotreta Popov
2000	Conotreta Williams et al. p. 107
2002	Conotreta Popov et al. p. 222
2002	Conotreta Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Conotreta Hansen and Holmer

References

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

Holmer L. E. (1986) Inarticulate brachiopods around the Middle-Upper Ordovician boundary in Västergötland, Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 108 2, 97-126 doi:10.1080/11035898609452633

Holmer L. E. (1989) Middle Ordovician phosphatic inarticulate brachiopods from Västergötland and Dalarna, Sweden, Fossils and Strata 26, 1-172

Popov L. E. (2000) Late Ordovician linguliformean microbrachiopods from north-central Kazakhstan, Alcheringa 24, 257-275

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

Popov L.E., Holmer L.E., et al (2002) Lingulate brachiopods from the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary beds of Utah, Journal of Paleontology 76 2, 211-228

Hansen J., Holmer L. E. (2011) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, Zootaxa 3076, 1-122

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

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Walcott, 1890 - 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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