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Palaeobolus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Palaeobolus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Obolinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Lingulida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Obolopsis Saito p. 349
1992Obolopsis Bengtson p. 1030
2000Palaeobolus Williams et al. p. 50
2002Obolopsis Sepkoski
2002Palaeobolus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusPalaeobolus

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.

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Palaeobolus margaritae Saito 1936
Invalid names: Obolopsis Saito 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 10:12:49
Modified: 2009-10-11 12:15:38
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Cressagian or 521.00000 to 481.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) P. liantuoensis (57691 57695)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Hubei) P. liantuoensis (232716 232717 232718 232719 232720)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China P. liantuoensis (151497)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Kazakhstan P. bretonensis (99371) P. liantuoensis (123068 123079 123080 123083)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Hubei) P. liantuoensis (175924)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Kazakhstan P. liantuoensis (123094)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3663)