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Brooksina

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Taxonomy
Brooksina was named by Kirk (1922). Its type is Brooksina alaskensis.

It was assigned to Pentamerinae by Jin and Chatterton (1997); to Pentamerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pentameridae by Williams et al. (2002).

Species
B. (Brooksina), B. (Khodalevichia)
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. conjugula, B. laptchensis, B. streisi, B. striata, B. uralica
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-07-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Brooksina Kirk
1997Brooksina Jin and Chatterton
2002Brooksina Sepkoski
2002Brooksina Williams et al. p. 975

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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
orderPentameridaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
suborderPentameridinaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
superfamilyPentameroideaMcCoy 1844
familyPentameridae
genusBrooksinaKirk 1922

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. †Brooksina Kirk 1922
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Subg. †Brooksina (Brooksina) Williams et al. 2002
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Subg. †Brooksina (Khodalevichia) Boucot and Johnson 1979
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:20:33
Modified: 2009-06-11 20:20:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Ludlow or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) B. alaskensis (109016 109017) B. sp. (108315)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation B. conjugula (24690) B. conjugula, B. sp. (23772)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp. (188829)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation B. conjugula, B. laptchensis, B. streisi, B. uralica, B. alaskensis (23764) B. laptchensis (23774) B. sp. (23696) B. striata, B. alaskensis (23765) B. striata, B. conjugula, B. alaskensis (23760) B. striata, B. conjugula, B. laptchensis, B. streisi, B. alaskensis (23763)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Kazakhstan B. sp. (24689)