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Phragmorthidae

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Phragmorthidae

Taxonomy
Phragmorthidae was named by Williams (1965).

It was reranked as the subfamily Phragmorthinae by Potter (1990).

It was assigned to Cremnorthidae by Potter (1990); and to Plectorthoidea by Williams et al. (2000), Hansen and Holmer (2011).

Subtaxa
Phragmorthis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Phragmorthidae Williams
1990Phragmorthinae Potter
2000Phragmorthidae Williams et al. p. 774
2011Phragmorthidae 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
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPhragmorthidaeWilliams 1965
familyPhragmorthidaeWilliams 1965

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. †Phragmorthidae Williams 1965
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G. †Phragmorthis Cooper 1956
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†Phragmorthis antiqua Ross, Jr. 1972
†Phragmorthis buttsi Cooper 1956
†Phragmorthis eximia Popov and Cocks 2014
†Phragmorthis noda Hansen and Holmer 2011
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Katian or 471.30000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4Norway (Spitsbergen) Phragmorthis noda (189842 189845 189849)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Alabama) Phragmorthis buttsi (162364)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Phragmorthis antiqua (80073) Phragmorthis sp. (80065)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1USA (California) Phragmorthis sp. 1 (100563)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Sichuan) Phragmorthis longisepta (64778 64780 64782 203294)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Norway (Spitsbergen) Phragmorthis noda (189857 189871 189875)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Iran Phragmorthis shahrudensis (186094)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Argentina Phragmorthis sp. (8747 8748)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2USA (California) Phragmorthis sp. 1 (56190)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Phragmorthis buttsi (164928 164931 164937)
Costonian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Phragmorthis buttsi (76076)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8USA (Alaska) Phragmorthis buttsi (164856)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (California) Phragmorthis buttsi (69223 100631)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Kazakhstan Phragmorthis conciliata (80207 80210 80217 80257 80261 80269 80276)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Alaska) Phragmorthis buttsi (164853)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Phragmorthis buttsi (164296)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (California) Phragmorthis buttsi (100555) Phragmorthis sp. 1 (99804)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Phragmorthis sp. nov. (165043 165047)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Virginia) Phragmorthis crassa (105205)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan Phragmorthis sp. (204075 204091)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Abai) Phragmorthis eximia (235978)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (California) Phragmorthis buttsi (99696 99697 99698 100644) Phragmorthis sp. 1 (99805 99806 100579 100589)
Rawtheyan - Pusgillian448.8 - 449.2USA (Alaska) Phragmorthis buttsi (164855)