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Plectodonta ✝
| Description | Plectodonta is an extinct genus of brachiopods which existed during the Devonian to Silurian of the United States, Australia, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Poland, Spain, Ukraine, Argentina, Bolivia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. It was described by Kozlowski in 1929, and the type species is P. mariae. A new extinct subspecies, P. mariae pantherae, was described by Andrzej Baliński in 2012, from the early Devonian of Ukraine. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectodonta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Sowerbyellidae : Plectodonta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Plectodonta Rickards & Wright, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 452 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Strophomenida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Strophomenata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectodonta |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Plectodonta (Dalejodiscus) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Plectodonta (Plectodonta) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 433 Ma Silurian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Plectodonta (Plectodontella) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Plectodonta bipartita ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 443 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Plectodonta convexa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Plectodonta lenis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Plectodonta nubila ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Plectodonta petila ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1929 | Plectodonta Kozlowski |
| 1952 | Sowerbyella (Plectodonta) Kupfahl |
| 1963 | Plectodonta Talent p. 67 |
| 2000 | Plectodonta Williams et al. p. 344 |
| 2002 | Plectodonta Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
