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Protathyridinae ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	367203	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=367203

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Protathyridinae	subfamily	belongs to Athyrididae	stated with evidence	Rubel and Modzalevskaya, 1967
Protathyridinae	subfamily	belongs to Athyrididae	stated without evidence	Bassett and Cocks, 1974

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Rubel and T. Modzalevskaya. 1967. New Siluria Brachiopods of the family Athyrididae. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 3

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1964	Protathyridinae Boucot et al.
1967	Protathyridinae Rubel and Modzalevskaya
1974	Protathyridinae Bassett and Cocks

Rubel M., Modzalevskaya T. (1967) New Siluria Brachiopods of the family Athyrididae, Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 3

Bassett M. G., Cocks L. R. M. (1974) A review of Silurian brachiopods from Gotland, Fossils and Strata 3, 1-56

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!