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Macrocoelia magna ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	312283	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=312283

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Macrocoelia magna	species	belongs to Rafinesquina	stated with evidence	Butts, 1942
Macrocoelia magna	species	belongs to Macrocoelia	stated with evidence	Cooper, 1956

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

stationary (based on Rafinesquinidae)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rafinesquinidae)

Taphonomy

minor ribbing, minor internal reinforcement (based on Colaptomena)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1942	Rafinesquina magna Butts p. 85 figs. pl. 86, figs. 1-4
1956	Macrocoelia magna Cooper pp. 894 - 895 figs. Plate 231, C, figures 9-14; plate 232, A, figures 1-7; plate 235, E, figures 17-21; plate 236, C, fi

Cooper G. A. (1956) Chazyan and related brachiopods, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127, 1-1245

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!