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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3251971https://www.gbif.org/species/3251971
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)124990https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=124990
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhactorthidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyRhactorthidaeWilliams 1963
Scientific NameRhactorthidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhactorthidaesubfamilybelongs to Plectorthidaestated with evidenceWright, 1964
Rhactorthidaesubfamilybelongs to Orthaceastated with evidenceOwen and Harper, 1982
Rhactorthidaesubfamilybelongs to Plectorthidaestated without evidencePotter, 1990
Rhactorthidaefamilybelongs to Plectorthoideastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance458 - 456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Orthida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Orthida)
Taphonomylow 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Aberia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Eripnifera
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
9450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Rhactorthis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
32458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1963Rhactorthidae Williams
1964Rhactorthinae Wright
1982Rhactorthinae Owen and Harper
1990Rhactorthinae Potter
2000Rhactorthidae Williams et al. p. 778

References

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
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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