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Longvillia

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4866543https://www.gbif.org/species/4866543
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)121369https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=121369
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Longvillia
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
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyStrophomenidaeKing 1846
subfamilyStrophomeninaeKing 1846
genusLongvilliaBancroft 1933
Scientific NameLongvillia Bancroft, 1933
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Longvilliagenusbelongs to Strophomeninaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Longvilliagenusbelongs to Strophomenidaestated without evidencePopov et al., 2002
Longvilliagenusbelongs to Strophomeninaestated with evidenceRoomusoks, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance450 - 445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Motilitystationary (based on Strophomenida)
Visionblind (based on Strophomenata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Longvillia asmusi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
11461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Longvillia deficiens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Longvillia grandis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Longvillia lanx
species
listed (PBDB)2461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
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Longvillia mediterranea
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
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Longvillia norvegica
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1933Longvillia Bancroft
2000Longvillia Williams et al. p. 224
2002Longvillia Popov et al.
2004Longvillia Rõõmusoks
2010Longvillia Cocks

References

Popov L. E., Cocks L. R. M., et al (2002) Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58 1, 13-79
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
Roomusoks A. (2004) Ordovician strophomenoid brachiopods of northern Estonia, Fossilia Baltica 3, 1-150
Cocks L. R. (2010) Caradoc Strophomenoid and Plectambonitoid Brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland, Palaeontology 53 5, 1155-1200
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Correl. Tables Stages Coston.-Onnian England and Wales - 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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