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Martinia

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Taxonomy
Martinia was named by M'Coy (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 955,1128]. It is the type genus of Martiniidae.

It was reranked as Spirifera (Martinia) by Walcott (1884); it was reranked as Spirifer (Martinia) by Schellwien (1900).

It was assigned to Spirifera by Walcott (1884); to Spirifer by Schellwien (1900); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Martiniinae by Tazawa and Shen (1997), Shen et al. (2003) and Williams et al. (2006).

Species
M. abrupta (syn. M. brachythyriseformis), M. acuminata, M. acutirostris, M. acutomarginalis, M. acutomarginiformis, M. adentata, M. affinis, M. angulata, M. anorbicularis, M. applanata, M. attenuatelloides, M. avicula, M. aviformis, M. baiyanhuaensis, M. bassa, M. berthiaumei, M. bisinuata, M. bittneri, M. buriensis, M. camengensis, M. carinthiaca, M. causaria, M. ceres, M. circularis, M. contracta, M. corculum, M. cornelia, M. cruenta, M. debosensis, M. decora, M. distefanoi, M. distorta, M. elegans, M. elongata, M. exigua, M. frechi, M. fucina, M. fulingensis, M. gemmellaroi, M. glabra, M. grandis, M. hengshanensis, M. hunanensis, M. incerta, M. karawanica, M. kraffti, M. lamellosa, M. lata, M. latilinguiformis, M. latisulcata, M. lengwuensis, M. liuqiaoiensis, M. lopingensis, M. manchuriensis, M. martinezi, M. miranda, M. mongolica, M. nealranchensis, M. nipponica, M. nucula, M. orbicularis (syn. M. fuchunjiangensis, M. cammunissa), M. osborni, M. parvula, M. pentagonalis, M. periquadrata, M. polymorpha, M. pusilla, M. qinlingensis, M. radiata, M. rectangularis, M. renfroae, M. rhomboidalis, M. rhomboidalis (syn. M. shumardiana), M. rostrata, M. rupicola, M. semiplana, M. semiramis, M. sinensis, M. sinuata, M. spissa, M. subapplanata, M. subrhomboidalis, M. subtriquetra, M. subumbona, M. timanica, M. tongmuqiaoensis, M. triquetra, M. umbonata, M. undatifera, M. variabilis, M. velebitica, M. warthi (syn. M. chidruensis), M. wolfcampensis, M. zhexiensis, M. ziyunensis, Spirifer (Martinia) macilentus, Spirifera (Martinia) glabra, Spirifera (Martinia) maia, Spirifera (Martinia) undifera
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Martinia M'Coy
1884Spirifera (Martinia) Walcott p. 139
1900Spirifer (Martinia) Schellwien p. 86
1928Pseudomartinia Leidhold
1997Martinia Tazawa and Shen
2002Martinia Sepkoski
2003Martinia Shen et al. p. 246
2006Martinia Williams et al. p. 1748

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyMartiniidae
subfamilyMartiniinae
genusMartiniaM'Coy 1844

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. †Martinia M'Coy 1844
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Martinia abrupta Liao and Meng 1986
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Invalid names: Martinia brachythyriseformis Liang 1990 [synonym]
Martinia acuminata Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia acutirostris Liao 1980
Martinia acutomarginalis Diener 1897
Martinia acutomarginiformis Waterhouse and Gupta 1983
Martinia adentata Waterhouse 1964
Martinia affinis Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia angulata Jin and Ye 1979
Martinia anorbicularis Liang 1990
Martinia applanata Tschernyschew 1902
Martinia attenuatelloides Shen and Jin 1999
Martinia avicula Liang 1990
Martinia aviformis Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia baiyanhuaensis Lee and Su 1980
Martinia bassa Crippa and Angiolini 2012
Martinia berthiaumei Cooper 1957
Martinia bisinuata Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia bittneri Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia buriensis Reed 1944
Martinia carinthiaca Schellwien 1892
Martinia causaria Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia ceres Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia circularis Lee and Su 1980
Martinia contracta Meek and Worthen 1866
Martinia corculum Kutorga 1844
Martinia cornelia Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia cruenta Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia debosensis Lee and Su 1980
Martinia decora Phillips 1836
Martinia distefanoi Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia distorta Grabau 1931
Martinia elegans Diener 1897
Martinia elongata Waagen 1883
Martinia exigua Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia frechi Schellwien 1892
Martinia fucina Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia fulingensis Lee and Duan 1985
Martinia gemmellaroi Tschernyschew 1902
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
Martinia grandis Feng 1978
Martinia hengshanensis Liang 1982
Martinia hunanensis Chang 1977
Martinia incerta Tschernyschew 1902
Martinia karawanica Volgin 1959
Martinia kraffti Bittner 1899
Martinia lamellosa Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia lata Grabau 1936
Martinia latisulcata Liao 1979
Martinia lengwuensis Liang 1990
Martinia liuqiaoiensis He et al. 2019
Martinia lopingensis Chao 1929
Martinia martinezi Cooper 1953
Martinia miranda Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia mongolica Grabau 1931
Martinia nealranchensis Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia nipponica Yanagida and Nishikawa 1984
Martinia nucula Rothpletz 1892
Martinia orbicularis Gemmellaro 1899
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Invalid names: Martinia cammunissa Liang 1990 [synonym], Martinia fuchunjiangensis Liang 1990 [synonym]
Martinia osborni Grabau 1931
Martinia parvula Tschernyschew 1902
Martinia pentagonalis Jin and Hu 1978
Martinia periquadrata Liao and Meng 1986
Martinia polymorpha Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia pusilla Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia qinlingensis Zhan 1989
Martinia radiata Reed 1931
Martinia rectangularis Grabau 1931
Martinia renfroae Cooper and Grant 1976
Martinia rhomboidalis Grabau 1931
Martinia rhomboidalis Girty 1908
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Invalid names: Martinia shumardiana Girty 1908 [synonym]
Martinia rostrata Girty 1899
Martinia rupicola Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia semiplana Waagen 1883
Martinia semiramis Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia sinensis Grabau 1931
Martinia sinuata Mironova 1960
Martinia spissa Grabau 1931
Martinia subapplanata Maslennikov 1935
Martinia subtriquetra Merla 1934
Martinia subumbona Hall 1867
Martinia timanica Tschernyschew 1902
Martinia tongmuqiaoensis Liao and Meng 1986
Martinia triquetra Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia umbonata Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia undatifera Chao 1929
Martinia variabilis Gemmellaro 1899
Martinia velebitica Sremac 1986
Martinia warthi Waagen 1883
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Invalid names: Martinia chidruensis Waagen 1883 [synonym]
Martinia zhexiensis Liang 1990
Martinia ziyunensis Chen 2009
Spirifer (Martinia) macilentus Schellwien 1900
Spirifera (Martinia) maia Billings 1860
Invalid names: Pseudomartinia Leidhold 1928 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height28211.41.9043.912.06.51
valve height68.753.5014.210.84.60

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Griesbachian or 409.10000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (558 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany M. sp. (74300)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) M. maia (111862)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) M. inflata (5774)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (California) M. sp. (225986 225987)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Alberta) M. rostrata (8141) M. sp. (8610)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Idaho) M. sp. (12790 12799)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (Northwest Territories) M. sp. (10282)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) M. sp. (112171 112174 112175 112176)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California) M. sp. (12346)
Carboniferous - Triassic358.9 - 201.4USA (Alaska) M. sp. (112327)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) M. sp. (41557)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Nepal M. sp. (43274)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan M. sp. (149801)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) M. latilinguiformis (156818) M. mongolica (117502) M. rhomboidalis (111602) M. sp. (111604 149090 156815 156816)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan (Punjab) M. sp. (41562 41564)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) M. elongata (187537) M. sp. (48916) M. sp. A, M. elegans, M. semiplana, M. elongata (187544) M. sp. A, M. elongata (187558) M. sp., M. attenuatelloides (51401)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) M. orbicularis (105214) M. sp. (60539)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Tajikistan M. rupicola (96811) M. warthi (109466 109470 109471)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand M. sp. (7204 52752 52760 98149)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) M. orbicularis (105221) M. pentagonalis (105218 105219) M. sp. (43788)