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Prokopia

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Taxonomy
Prokopia is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Prokopiinae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. bouskai, P. eichenbergi, P. hillae, P. pygmaea, P. turgidula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Prokopia Williams et al. p. 793
2002Prokopia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyDalmanelloideaSchuchert 1913
familyDalmanellidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyProkopiinaeWright 1965
genusProkopia

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.

G. †Prokopia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:00:28
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:49:19
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 413.02000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia P. turgidula (12148)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) P. hillae (25695)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia P. bouskai (12102 12103 12104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco P. bouskai (13939)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) P. pygmaea (27423 27504) P. sp. (27498 27502)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia P. sp. (5799)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) P. eichenbergi (38349)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Niedersachsen) P. eichenbergi (38350)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) P. bouskai (12112)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) P. bouskai (40350)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) P. sp. (40408)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) P. sp. (27555)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Spain (Aragon) P. sp. (40437)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4France (Bretagne) P. sp. (84042 84083 84086 84090 84091 84099 84100)