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Cambrian rhynchonelliform nisusioid brachiopods: phylogeny and distribution

Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: A comprehensive review and phylogenetic analysis of genera and species presently assigned to the rhynchonelliform superfamily Nisusioidea and family Nisusiidae suggests that this short‐lived but important group of brachiopods first appeared in peri‐Gondwana during the second half of the Cambrian Series 2, before going extinct by the end of Drumian times. Nisusiides achieved their maximum morphological disparity and geographical distribution during the Wuliuan Age, and Laurentia was probably the major centre of their dispersal. A new phylogenetic analysis suggests an early separation of the lineages of spinose and non‐spinose nisusiids. The non‐spinose nisusiids probably evolved in Laurentia by the end of Cambrian Series 4. The new nisusiid genus Bellistrophia is described. The new species Nisusia multicostata represents the first documented rhynchonelliform (kutorginide) brachiopod from the Miaolingian (Drumian) of the Alborz Mountains, Iran.
DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1255
Authors: Lars E. Holmer, Mohammad‐Reza Kebria‐ee Zadeh, Leonid E. Popov, Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour, J. Javier Álvaro, Vachik Hairapetian, Zhifei Zhang
Institutions: Uppsala University, Northwest University, State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Payame Noor University, National Museum Wales, Golestan University, Instituto de Geociencias, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,500
Awards: G1465307564, G1803178129, G3453800716, G5726160133, G6904766669, G712237916, G7484037782
OpenAlex ID: W2923965393
FWCI: 1.327
Cites: 44
Cited by: 13
Related to: 10