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Glassiidae

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Glassiidae

Taxonomy
Glassiidae was named by Schuchert and LeVene (1929). Its type is Glassia.

It was assigned to Atrypoidea by Copper (1996); and to Glassioidea by Williams et al. (2002), Baarli and Mergl (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Glassiidae Schuchert and LeVene
1996Glassiidae Copper p. 919
2002Glassiidae Williams et al. p. 1468
2025Glassiidae Baarli and Mergl p. 1065

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderLissatrypidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyGlassioideaSchuchert and LeVene 1929
familyGlassiidaeSchuchert and LeVene 1929
familyGlassiidaeSchuchert and LeVene 1929

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. †Glassiidae Schuchert and LeVene 1929
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G. †Glassia Davidson 1881
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†Glassia elongata Davidson 1881
†Glassia tenella Williams 1951
Invalid names: Cryptatrypa [synonym]
G. †Nanatrypa
G. †Peratos
G. †Trigonatrypa Havlíček 1990
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†Trigonatrypa baucis Barrande 1847
†Trigonatrypa holynensis Havlíček 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:10:24
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:10:24
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Givetian or 443.10000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Norway Glassia sp. (13850)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) Glassia sp. (465)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Glassia sp. (25487) Glassia variabilis (25505)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Mongolia (Gobi Altai) Glassia minuta (13188)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Glassia sp. (26885)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62United Kingdom (England) Glassia sp. (486)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Northwest Territories) Glassia sp. (25483)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Mongolia Glassia minuta (41064)
Clinton440.1 - 439.4Canada (British Columbia) Glassia variabilis (5145 5147 5148) Glassia variablis (5143)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Norway Glassia sp. (14264)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Cryptatrypa sp. (27908)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Glassia sp. (23306)
Jaani433.5 - 431.2Estonia (Saare) Glassia sp. (192059)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Czechia Cryptatrypa philomela (14096)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Norway Glassia laeviuscula (14275) Glassia sp. (14314)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6United Kingdom (England) Glassia sp. (23091)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Nunavut) Glassia sp. 1 (26003 26013 26014) Glassia sp. 1, Glassia sp. 2 (26009)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Glassia kausi (25679)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Glassia rotunda, Glassia glaberconcha (24930) Glassia sp. (24919 24920 24921)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Lithuania Glassia lithuanica (26281 26282 207342 207384 207386) Glassia sp. (207347)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Glassia compressa (49641) Glassia sp. (477 79881 79893)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Glassia sp. (24918)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62USA (Nevada) Cryptatrypa triangulata (24853)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Lithuania Glassia lithuanica (207375 207378 207379 207381)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (Wales) Glassia sp. (23287)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Glassia sp. (23057 23216 23218 23284 23285 23286 23288 23289 23293)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0United Kingdom (England) Glassia sp. (23178 23181)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Belarus Glassia sp. (23662)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Lithuania Glassia rotunda (207441) Glassia sp. (13774)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Yukon) Cryptatrypa fahraeusi, Cryptatrypa nalivkini (23078)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Glassia sp. (229627)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Glassia sp. (482)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (California) Glassia sp. (79807)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden Glassia sp. (24867)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia Glassia sp. (14072)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Nevada) Cryptatrypa sp. (240667)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (Yukon Territory) Cryptatrypa sp., Cryptatrypa triangularis, Cryptatrypa fahraeusi (26657)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (Yukon) Cryptatrypa fahraeusi (14006) Cryptatrypa triangularis (14001 14003)
Early/Lower Lochkovian419.62 - 416.8USA (Nevada) Cryptatrypa angusta (590 240742 240743 240746 240748 240749) Cryptatrypa sp. (214873 240739 240744 240747 240811 240816) Cryptatrypa sp., Cryptatrypa angusta (240745 240751 240818)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) Cryptatrypa philomela (24900)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Northwest Territories) Cryptatrypa sp. (3703)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Yukon) Glassia sp. (24932)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Austria (Carnic Alps) Cryptatrypa philomela, Cryptatrypa sp. (77909)
Lochkovian - Zlichovian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) Cryptatrypa sp. (603)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia Meristella holynensis (12148)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Canada (Yukon) Cryptatrypa sp. 1 (39394 43713 43969) Glassia sp. (24933)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia (Praha) Trigonatrypa protobaucis (5804)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Cryptatrypa curvirostris (27504) Cryptatrypa sp. (27502 27532 27533 27534)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Trigonatrypa protobaucis (5800 5803) Trigonatrypa protobaucis, Trigonatrypa securis (5815)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Glassia beyrichi (12112)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) Cryptatrypa sp. (81647)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Cryptatrypa sp. (27348)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Trigonatrypa sp. (208263)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Cryptatrypa curvirostris (25758)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco Trigonatrypa drotae (207889)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Czechia Trigonatrypa protobaucis (5783)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) Cryptatrypa curvirostris (25817) Cryptatrypa sp. (27556 27558 27559)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia Trigonatrypa baucis (5816 5817 5818) Trigonatrypa securis, Trigonatrypa baucis (5792 5819)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Central Bohemian) Trigonatrypa baucis (276604)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Nevada) Cryptatrypa paracircula (612)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland Peratos minor (231675 231676 231677 231679)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Ghazni) Glassia sp. (84669)