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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867475	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867475
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	28179	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=28179

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Camerellidae : Camerella

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	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Pentamerida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
suborder	Syntrophiidina	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
superfamily	Camerelloidea	Hall and Clarke 1894
family	Camerellidae	Hall and Clarke 1894
subfamily	Camerellinae	Hall and Clarke 1894
genus	Camerella	Billings 1859

Scientific Name

Camerella Billings, 1859

Name Published In

Canad. Natural., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Camerella	genus	belongs to Porambonitidae	stated with evidence	Raymond, 1911
Camerella	genus	belongs to Brachiopoda	stated without evidence	Reed, 1917
Camerella	genus	belongs to Camerellidae	stated with evidence	Oraspold, 1956
Camerella	genus	belongs to Camerellinae	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974
Camerella	genus	belongs to Camerellinae	stated with evidence	Mitchell, 1977
Camerella	genus	belongs to Pentamerida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Camerella	genus	belongs to Camerellidae	stated without evidence	Benedetto, 2003
Camerella	genus	belongs to Camerellinae	stated with evidence	Hansen and Holmer, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Pentamerida)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pentamerida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).

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
Camerella anteroplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella bernensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella bicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella costellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella edmundsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella elliptica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella globularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella gregeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella immatura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Camerella indefinita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella leiorhynchoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella mica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Camerella minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Camerella minuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Camerella multiplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella nuda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella obesa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella oklahomensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella peachi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Camerella pennsylvanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella perplexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella tennesseensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella triangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella tumida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella umbonata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella unicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camerella varians ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Camerella ventricosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Camerella volborthi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Camarella Billings, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Camerellidae : *Camarella*
Camarella Dall, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Camerellidae : *Camarella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Camerella Billings
1911	Camerella Raymond
1917	Camarella Reed p. 923
1956	Camerella Oraspold
1974	Camerella Bassett and Cocks
1977	Camerella Mitchell
2002	Camerella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Camerella Williams et al. p. 949
2003	Camerella Benedetto
2011	Camerella Hansen and Holmer

References

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

Raymond P. E. (1911) The Brachiopoda and Ostracoda of the Chazyan, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 7, 215-259

Reed F. R. C. (1917) The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51 4, 795-998 doi:10.1017/S0080456800011959

Oraspold A. L. (1956) New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages, Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 1, 41-67

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

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

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2002) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volume 4, Rhynchonelliformea (part), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 921-1688

Benedetto J. L. (2003) Early Ordovician (Arenig) brachiopods from volcanicalstic rocks of the Famatina Range, northwest Argentina, Journal of Paleontology 77 2, 212-242

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

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

Canad. Natural., 4 - 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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