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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9347793	https://www.gbif.org/species/9347793
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27029	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27029

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Polytoechiidae : Tritoechia

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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Billingsellida	Schuchert 1893
suborder	Clitambonitidina	Opik 1934
superfamily	Polytoechioidea	Opik 1934
family	Polytoechiidae	Opik 1934
genus	Tritoechia	Ulrich and Cooper 1936

Scientific Name

Tritoechia

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tritoechia	genus	belongs to Tritoechiinae	stated without evidence	Neuman, 1964
Tritoechia	genus	belongs to Polytoechiidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Tritoechia	genus	belongs to Orthida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Tritoechia	genus	belongs to Tritoechiidae	stated without evidence	Benedetto, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

488 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Billingsellida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Billingsellida)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2006).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1936. New Genera and Species of Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):616-631

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tritoechia (Parvitritoechia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tritoechia (Tritoechia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tritoechia alta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	488 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tritoechia billingsi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Tritoechia careyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	477 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	477 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Tritoechia crassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Tritoechia delicatula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tritoechia florentinensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	477 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	477 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Tritoechia karmbergensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Tritoechia kendyktasica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tritoechia lewisi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tritoechia mollesensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Tritoechia tokmakensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Tritoechia typica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Tritoechia Ulrich and Cooper
1964	Tritoechia Neuman
2000	Tritoechia Williams et al. p. 708
2002	Tritoechia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Tritoechia Benedetto

References

Ulrich E. O., Cooper G. A. (1936) New Genera and Species of Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopods, Journal of Paleontology 10 7, 616-631

Neuman R. B. (1964) Fossils in the Ordovician Tuffs Northeastern Maine, with a section on Trilobita by Harry B. Whittington, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1181 E, 1-38

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

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

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

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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