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Punctolira

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae

Taxonomy

Punctolira is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Punctolirinae.

It was assigned to Pentamerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Punctolirinae by Williams et al. (2002).

Species

P. punctolira

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. condomiensis, P. kondomiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Punctolira Sepkoski
2002	Punctolira Williams et al. p. 941

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Pentamerida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
suborder	Syntrophiidina	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
superfamily	Porambonitoidea	Davidson 1853
family	Tetralobulidae	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
subfamily	Punctolirinae	Andreeva 1982
genus	Punctolira

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. †Punctolira

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†Punctolira punctolira Ulrich and Cooper 1938

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Folds:

minorg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Comments:

BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).g

Created:

2009-06-04 12:29:05

Modified:

2009-06-04 14:29:05

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Demingian to the top of the Dawan or 485.40000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc	486.5 - 477.7	China (AnHui)	P. sp. (7831)
Tremadoc	486.5 - 477.7	China (Hubei)	P. sp. (4728 4730 4738)
Tremadoc	486.5 - 477.7	Russian Federation (Gorny Altai)	P. kondomiensis (186013)
Tremadoc	486.5 - 477.7	China (Guizhou)	P. sp. (4770)
Tremadoc	486.5 - 477.7	China (JiangSu)	P. sp. (7921)
Demingian	485.4 - 478.6	USA (Montana)	P. punctolira (69026 69027)
Tremadocian	485.4 - 477.7	Russian Federation (Siberia)	P. condomiensis (205623)
Dawan	478.6 - 468.1	China (JiangSu)	P. sp. (7923)
Arenig	478.6 - 466.0	Argentina	P. sp. (8721 8744)
Arenig	478.6 - 466.0	China (JiangSu)	P. sp. (7878 7922 7925)
Arenig	478.6 - 466.0	China (Hubei)	P. sp. (4724 4726)
Arenig	478.6 - 466.0	China (Guizhou)	P. sp. (4761 4763 4764 4765 4766 4767 4769)
Floian	477.7 - 470.0	China (Hubei)	P. resupinata (186115 186116 186117 186118 186119 186120 186121)
Floian	477.7 - 470.0	China	P. sp. (232903)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian	470.0 - 467.3	Ireland	P. sp. (153922)
Dapingian	470.0 - 467.3	China (Hubei)	P. resupinata (186122)