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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4870193	https://www.gbif.org/species/4870193
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29327	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29327

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Meristellidae : Hindella

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	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Meristelloidea	Waagen 1883
family	Meristellidae	Waagen 1883
subfamily	Meristellinae	Waagen 1883
genus	Hindella	Davidson 1882

Scientific Name

Hindella Davidson, 1882

Name Published In

(Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Brit. Foss. Brachiop., Suppl. 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hindella	genus	belongs to Meristellinae	stated with evidence	Sheehan, 1977
Hindella	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hindella	genus	belongs to Meristellinae	stated with evidence	Hints and Harper, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

456 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Ecospace Comments

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

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. Davidson. 1882. British fossil Brachiopoda. Devonian and Silurian supplements. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 5(1):1-134

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Athyris prinstana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptothyrella ovoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Cryptothyrella terebratulina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hindella angustifrons ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Hindella cassidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hindella congregata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hindella crassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		65	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Hindella incipiens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		59	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Hindella kiaeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Hindella ovoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hindella prima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hindella prinstana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
Hindella terebratulina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hindella umbonata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Meristina crassa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Hindella Davidson
1942	Cryptothyrella Cooper
1964	Cryptothyrella Boucot and Johnson p. 8
1973	Cryptothyrella Harper p. 80
1976	Cryptothyrella Isaacson et al. p. 1110
1977	Cryptothyrella Sheehan
1977	Hindella Sheehan
2002	Hindella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Hindella Williams et al. p. 1563
2015	Hindella Hints and Harper

References

Davidson T. British fossil Brachiopoda. Devonian and Silurian supplements, Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 5 1, 1-134

Boucot A. J., Johnson J. G. (1964) Brachiopods of the Ede Quartzite (Lower Llandovery) of Norderon, Jamtland, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 42 9, 1-11

Harper C. W. (1973) Brachiopods of the Arisaig Group (Silurian - Lower Devonian) of Nova Scotia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 215, 1-163

Isaacson P. E., Antelo B., et al (1976) Implications of a Llandovery (Early Silurian) brachiopod fauna from Salta Province, Argentina, Journal of Paleontology 50 6, 1103-1112

Sheehan P. (1977) Late Ordovician and Earliest Silurian Meristellid Brachiopods in Scandinavia, Journal of Paleontology 51 1, 23-43

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

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

Hints L., Harper D. A. T. (2015) The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2, 395-420 doi:10.4202/app.2013.0010

(Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Brit. Foss. Brachiop., Suppl. 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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