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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhactorthidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Rhactorthidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 458 - 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Orthida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Orthida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. W. Potter. 1990. Middle and Late Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212(1-6):31-158 |
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 👁 Image Aberia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| 👁 Image Eripnifera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| 👁 Image Rhactorthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1963 | Rhactorthidae Williams |
| 1964 | Rhactorthinae Wright |
| 1982 | Rhactorthinae Owen and Harper |
| 1990 | Rhactorthinae Potter |
| 2000 | Rhactorthidae Williams et al. p. 778 |
| Potter A. W. (1990) Middle and Late Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern Klamath Mountains, northern California, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 212 1-6, 31-158 |
| Wright A. D. (1964) The Fauna of the Potrane Limestone, II, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 9 6, 157-256 |
| Owen A. W., Harper D. A. T. (1982) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 31. The upper Caradoc trilobites and brachiopods from Vestbraten, Ringerike, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62, 95-120 |
| 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 |
| The Paleobiology Database (2010 version). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |