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Hesperonomiidae

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Hesperonomiidae Ulrich and Cooper
2000Hesperonomiidae Williams et al. p. 736
2003Hesperonomiidae Benedetto
2011Hesperonomiidae Hansen and Holmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyHesperonomiidaeUlrich and Cooper 1936
familyHesperonomiidaeUlrich and Cooper 1936

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Hesperonomiidae Ulrich and Cooper 1936
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G. †Hesperonomia Ulrich and Cooper 1936
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†Hesperonomia antelopensis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
†Hesperonomia crassa Ulrich and Cooper 1936
†Hesperonomia nemea Hall and Whitfield 1877
†Hesperonomia orientalis Benedetto 1998
†Hesperonomia planidorsalis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
†Hesperonomia subtransversa Ulrich and Cooper 1938
†Hesperonomia uzunbulakensis Nikitina et al. 2006
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†Hesperonomiella arcuata Benedetto 2003
†Hesperonomiella porcias Walcott 1924
†Hesperonomiella uzunbulakensis Nikitina et al. 2006
Invalid names: Engenella [synonym]
G. †Mollesella Benedetto 2003
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†Mollesella planiventralis Benedetto 2003
G. †Monorthis
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†Monorthis menapiae Davidson 1868
†Monorthis transversa Benedetto 2003
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†Protohesperonomia resupinata Williams and Curry 1985
G. †Treioria
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†Treioria chaulioda Neuman and Bates 1978
G. †Zhanorthis Popov and Cocks 2017
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†Zhanorthis gerdkuhensis Popov and Cocks 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:11:06
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:18:14
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dawan or 478.80000 to 466.60000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Hesperonomia sp. (226716)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (British Columbia) Protorthis porcias (210716)
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Utah) Hesperonomia sp. (77844 77845)
Canadian - Arenigian486.85 - 468.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Hesperonomia sp. (25279 25280 25281)
Canadian - Arenigian486.85 - 468.0Canada (Québec) Hesperonomiella sp. (25282)
Canadian486.85 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Hesperonomia sp., Hesperonomiella sp. (294)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) Hesperonomia sp. (5274 5275)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Hesperonomiidae indet. (75589)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Utah) Hesperonomia dinorthoides (104059) Hesperonomia dinorthoides, Hesperonomia fontinalis (104063) Hesperonomia fontinalis (104062) Hesperonomia sp. (104058)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Texas) Hesperonomia nemea (89004)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Tennessee) Hesperonomia subtransversa (210751 210754 210755)
Stairsian - Blackhillsian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Alberta) Hesperonomia louisensis, Hesperonomia planidorsalis, Hesperonomia crassa (186586)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Nevada) Hesperonomia subtransversa, Hesperonomia antelopensis (210748)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Hesperonomia antelopensis (77186) Hesperonomia nemea (210810)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Hesperonomia sp. (189948)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (JiangSu) Hesperonomia sp. (7876)
Moridunian477.1 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) Monorthis menapiae (166755 166756 166757)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Sichuan) Hesperonomia sp. (5415 5416)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (QingHai) Hesperonomia sp. (8684 23599)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Hesperonomia sp. (20826)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina (San Juan) Monorthis sp. (8743)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Guizhou) Hesperonomia sp. (4761 5272 5273)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (Wales) Hesperonomiella sp., Monorthis typis, Treioria chaulioda (69096)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina Hesperonomia sp. (8745) Hesperonomia sp., Monorthis sp. (8721 8783 8875) Hesperonomia sp., Protohesperonomia sp. (8744) Hesperonomiella sp. (8777) Monorthis menapiae (210685)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (England) Hesperonomia sp. (3684)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (Shropshire) Hesperonomia sp. (43931)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina Hesperonomiella arcuata (115172 115173) Hesperonomiella arcuata, Hesperonomia orientalis, Mollesella planiventralis (115170) Mollesella planiventralis (115178 115182) Monorthis transversa (115177) Monorthis transversa, Mollesella planiventralis (115180 115181 115183)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0USA (Utah) Hesperonomia sp. (64555) Hesperonomiella sp. (64558)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0USA (Nevada) Hesperonomiella sp. (64522)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Idaho) Hesperonomia dinorthoides (103791 103792) Hesperonomia sp. (103789 103790)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (California) Hesperonomia sp. (104349)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Hesperonomia dinorthoides (295 104266) Hesperonomia fontinalis (104262) Hesperonomia sp. (63843 63846 103785 103831 103917 104128 104138 104264) Hesperonomiella minor (63933 104265)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Hesperonomia antelopensis (104301 104353 104556) Hesperonomia crassa (104351) Hesperonomia iones (104548) Hesperonomia planidorsalis, Hesperonomia nemea (104431) Hesperonomia sp. (77181 77184 104355 104401 104403 104404 104433 104549 104568 104631) Hesperonomia sp., Hesperonomiella sp. (104352) Hesperonomiella minor (104385) Hesperonomiella sp. (104354)
Blackhillsian - Rangerian475.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Hesperonomia sp. (104356)
Blackhillsian - Rangerian475.3 - 470.3USA (Utah) Hesperonomia sp. (103784)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian471.3 - 469.4Ireland Protohesperonomia resupinata (153922)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4Iran Zhanorthis gerdkuhensis (189380 189388)
Volkhov - Arenig471.3 - 468.0Argentina Monorthis sp. (8865)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Utah) Hesperonomia sp. (103829 103908) Hesperonomiella sp. (104256)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Hesperonomia sp. (20825)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Argentina (San Juan) Protohesperonomia sp. (195043)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1Kazakhstan Hesperonomiella uzunbulakensis (165596 165617)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Sierra Morena) Monorthis sp. (21015)