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Tropidoleptidae ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4868902https://www.gbif.org/species/4868902
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)130889https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=130889
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Tropidoleptidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Tropidoleptidae
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
familyTropidoleptidaeSchuchert 1896
Scientific NameTropidoleptidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tropidoleptidaefamilybelongs to Rhynchonellatastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance383 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, and SJ Carlson, F. Alvarez, PG Baker, MG Bassett, AJ Boucot, JL Carter, LRM Cocks, BL Cohen, GB Curry, M. Cusack, CC Emig, R. Gourvennec, DAT Harper, LE Holmer, DE Lee, A. Logan, C. Luter, DI MacKinnon, MO Mancenido, M. Mergl. 2007. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Revised, Brachiopoda Volume 6: Supplement 6:2321-2355

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Tropidoleptus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		446419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1896Tropidoleptidae Schuchert
2007Tropidoleptidae Williams et al. p. 2820

References

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2007) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Revised, Brachiopoda Volume 6: Supplement 6, 2321-2355
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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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