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Etymology: The species is named for Mr. A. S. Strasfogel, of the Fiji...

Note "Etymology: The species is named for Mr. A. S. Strasfogel, of the Fiji Geological Survey, who collected the material used to describe the species." for taxon Basiliola strasfogeli Cooper, 1978 †...

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Etymology: This species is named for its discoverer William M. Briggs, Jr.,...

Note "Etymology: This species is named for its discoverer William M. Briggs, Jr., who collected material used to describe the species." for taxon Abyssothyris briggsi Cooper, 1978 † has been added by...

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Stratigraphy: Pleistocene, Cenozoic. for taxon Platidia blowi Cooper, 1978 †

Note "Stratigraphy: Pleistocene, Cenozoic." for taxon Platidia blowi Cooper, 1978 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-05-29T02:46:01+00:00

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Etymology: The species is named after Dr Harold T. Stearns, who discovered...

Note "Etymology: The species is named after Dr Harold T. Stearns, who discovered the locality and collected the first specimens." for taxon Aenigmathyris stearnsi Cooper, 1971 † has been added by...

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Stratigraphy: Eocene, Cenozoic. for taxon Aenigmathyris stearnsi Cooper, 1971 †

Note "Stratigraphy: Eocene, Cenozoic." for taxon Aenigmathyris stearnsi Cooper, 1971 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-05-29T02:46:01+00:00

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Taxonomic remark: Faksethyris nielseni Asgaard, 1971 was created as a...

Note "Taxonomic remark: Faksethyris nielseni Asgaard, 1971 was created as a replacement name for Terebratula cincta Nielsen, 1911 (non Cotteau, 1857) a name created by Nielsen (1911) for material from...

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Taxonomic remark: G.A. Cooper (1979, p. 18) described the species Argyrotheca...

Note "Taxonomic remark: G.A. Cooper (1979, p. 18) described the species Argyrotheca anomala Cooper, 1979, apparently forgetting/non-mentioning his earlier description in G.A. Cooper (1971) of...

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Stratigraphy: Early Eocene, Cenozoic. for taxon Argyrotheca saltmountainensis...

Note "Stratigraphy: Early Eocene, Cenozoic." for taxon Argyrotheca saltmountainensis Toulmin, 1940 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-05-29T02:46:01+00:00

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Stratigraphy: Mid Eocene, Cenozoic. for taxon Argyrotheca robinsoni Donovan,...

Note "Stratigraphy: Mid Eocene, Cenozoic." for taxon Argyrotheca robinsoni Donovan, Harper & Doyle, 1993 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-05-29T02:46:01+00:00

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Turritella eucycla Hebert &...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Turritella eucycla Hebert & Deslongchamps, 1860" for taxon Turritella eucycla Laube, 1870 † has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer via the webinterface on...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 for taxon...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823" for taxon Iridina ovata Sharpe, 1852 † has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer via the webinterface on 2024-05-28T08:20:55+00:00

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Type locality: Russia, the Kurile Archipelago, Kunashir Island, Tohutu-ko for...

Note "Type locality: Russia, the Kurile Archipelago, Kunashir Island, Tohutu-ko" for taxon Pisidium pulchellum kunasiriensis Mori, 1938 has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Victorio Formation of the El Paso Group for...

Note "Type locality: USA, New Mexico, Victorio Formation of the El Paso Group " for taxon Rioceras nondescriptum Flower, 1964 † has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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Homonymy: Primary junior homonym of Cristellaria inflata Reuss, 1860. for...

Note "Homonymy: Primary junior homonym of Cristellaria inflata Reuss, 1860." for taxon Cristellaria inflata Schwager, 1865 † has been added by François Le Coze via the webinterface on...

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Homonymy: Primary junior homonym of Cristellaria inflata Reuss, 1860. for...

Note "Homonymy: Primary junior homonym of Cristellaria inflata Reuss, 1860." for taxon Cristellaria inflata Wiśniowski, 1890 † has been added by François Le Coze via the webinterface on...

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Taxonomic remark: This genus (and its only species) was originally described...

Note "Taxonomic remark: This genus (and its only species) was originally described as a jellyfish (hence the genus name suffix "medusa"). However it was later revealed to be an inarticulate brachiopod...

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Stratigraphy: Lower Cambrian, Paleozoic. for taxon Heliomedusa Sun & Hou, 1987 †

Note "Stratigraphy: Lower Cambrian, Paleozoic." for taxon Heliomedusa Sun & Hou, 1987 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-05-28T09:31:29+00:00

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Etymology: Specific epithet "hataiana" in honor of Dr Kotora Hatai who made...

Note "Etymology: Specific epithet "hataiana" in honor of Dr Kotora Hatai who made great contributions to the study of Japanese and Pacific brachiopods." for taxon Rhytirhynchia hataiana Cooper, 1957 †...

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Type locality: Bay of Talcahuano , Chile for taxon Plumularia filicaulis...

Note "Type locality: Bay of Talcahuano , Chile" for taxon Plumularia filicaulis Kirchenpauer, 1876 has been added by Peter Schuchert via the webinterface on 2024-05-28T11:49:56+00:00

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Homonymy: Junior homonym of Myxobolus koi, Kudo, 1920 and Myxobolus koi...

Note "Homonymy: Junior homonym of Myxobolus koi, Kudo, 1920 and Myxobolus koi Nakai, 1926" for taxon Myxobolus koi Zhang, Yao, Zhou, Yang & Liu, 2022 has been added by Bert Hoeksema via the...

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