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Dinorthis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5430297	https://www.gbif.org/species/5430297
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	26735	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26735

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plaesiomyidae : Dinorthis

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	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Orthoidea	Woodward 1852
family	Plaesiomyidae	Schuchert 1913
subfamily	Plaesiomyinae	Schuchert 1913
genus	Dinorthis	Hall & Clarke 1892

Scientific Name

Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892

Name Published In

Palaeont. N. York, 8 (1), 195

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dinorthis	subgenus	belongs to Orthis	stated with evidence	Reed, 1917
Dinorthis	genus	belongs to Dinorthidae	stated with evidence	Alikhova, 1953
Dinorthis	genus	belongs to Plaesiomyidae	stated without evidence	Macomber, 1970
Dinorthis	subgenus	belongs to Plaesiomys	stated with evidence	Klenina, 1984
Dinorthis	genus	belongs to Plaesiomyidae	stated without evidence	Popov et al., 2000
Dinorthis	genus	belongs to Plaesiomyinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Dinorthis	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

426 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

Attached, epifaunal suspension feeder (McKerrow, 1979)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

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
Dinorthis (Pionorthis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Dinorthis anticostiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dinorthis atavoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis beiguoshanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dinorthis berwynensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis carletona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis carleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis carrickensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis flabellulum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis hadra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis holdeni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dinorthis holdenoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis interstriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dinorthis meedsi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		28	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dinorthis occidentalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis pectinella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dinorthis subplicatella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis taukensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dinorthis tenuis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis transversa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dinorthis transversoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis ulrichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis venusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis virginiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dinorthis willardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthis meedsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plectorthis holdeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dinorthis Kobayashi, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plaesiomyidae : *Dinorthis*
Diorthis Kobayashi, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plaesiomyidae : *Diorthis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1892	Dinorthis Hall and Clarke
1917	Orthis (Dinorthis) Reed p. 837
1953	Dinorthis Alikhova
1959	Dinorthis Oraspold
1970	Dinorthis Macomber
1984	Plaesiomys (Dinorthis) Klenina
2000	Dinorthis Popov et al.
2000	Dinorthis Williams et al. p. 747
2002	Dinorthis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

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

Alikhova T. N. (1953) Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy, Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR, 1-127

Oraspold A. (1959) Einige Vertreter der Superfamilie Orthacea des Oberordoviziums Estlands, Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli Toimetised 75, 50-85

Macomber R. W. (1970) Articulate Brachiopods from the Upper Bighorn Formation (Late Ordovician) of Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 44 3, 416-450

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

Doescher, 1979 suppl. - 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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Macomber, 1970 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeont. N. York, 8 (1), 195 - 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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