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Orbicoelia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Orbicoelia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Orbicoelia Waterhouse & Piyasin, 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeontographica (Abt. A) 135 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Ambocoelioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Ambocoelioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Waterhouse and S. Piyasin. 1970. Mid-Permian brachiopods from Khao Phrik, Thailand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 135(3-6):83-197 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Orbicoelia comcincta ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia cordata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia dolomitensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia elongatiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia extima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 265 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia flabelliformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 260 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia fraterculus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 290 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia guadalupensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 290 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia inflata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 279 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia magna ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 272 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia pusilla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orbicoelia speciosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orbicoelia tholiaphor ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 272 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia tschernyschewi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
Orbicoelia tumibilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Orbicoelia Waterhouse and Piyasin p. 144 |
2002 | Orbicoelia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Orbicoelia Williams et al. p. 1736 |
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!