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Description

Athyridida is an order of Paleozoic brachiopods included in the Rhynchonellata, which makes up part of the articulate brachiopods.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9486100https://www.gbif.org/species/9486100
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)81198https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=81198
Rankorder
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida
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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
Scientific NameAthyridida
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Athyrididaorderbelongs to Rhynchonellatastated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)836
First Recorded Appearance461 - 453 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S.-Z. Shen, G. R. Shi, and N. W. Archbold. 2003. Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from the Qubuerga Formation at the Qubu section in the Mt. Qomolangma region, southern Tibet (Xizang), China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 268(1-3):49-101
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athyridida

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Athyrididina
suborder
listed (PBDB)9,732461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Koninckinidina
suborder
listed (PBDB)198247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Retziidina
suborder
listed (PBDB)2,137445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
199 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Anoplothecoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)295443 Ma
Silurian
372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Dayioidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)129443 Ma
Silurian
419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Uncitoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)4393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
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Anoplothecidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
289443 Ma
Silurian
372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Athyrididae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7,285443 Ma
Silurian
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Diplospirellidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
455347 Ma
Carboniferous
206 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Koninckinidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
196247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Meristellidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1,112461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Meristidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
165456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
315 Ma
Carboniferous
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Neoretziidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1,616426 Ma
Silurian
199 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Nucleospiridae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
457443 Ma
Silurian
279 Ma
Permian
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Parazygidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
32393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
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Retziidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
248427 Ma
Silurian
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Rhynchospirinidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
241445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
365 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Athyridida Boucot et al.
2000Athyridida Williams et al.
2015Athyridida Hints and Harper

References

Shen S.-Z., Shi G. R., et al (2003) Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from the Qubuerga Formation at the Qubu section in the Mt. Qomolangma region, southern Tibet (Xizang), China, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 268 1-3, 49-101
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
Hints L., Harper D. A. T. (2015) The Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) brachiopod fauna of the East Baltic: Taxonomy of the key species, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 2, 395-420 doi:10.4202/app.2013.0010
as per phylum - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - 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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