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Spiriferellina cristata

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Terebratulites cristatus was named by von Schlotheim (1816). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Spirifer cristatus by Howse (1848) and Geinitz (1861); it was recombined as Trigonotreta cristata by King (1850); it was recombined as Spiriferina cristata by Howse (1857), Davidson (1858), Waagen (1883), Walcott (1884), Tschernyschew (1902), Keidel (1906), Mansuy (1913), Tschernyschew and Stepanow (1916) and Minato (1943); it was recombined as Punctospirifer cristata by Dunbar (1955) and Yang et al. (1977); it was recombined as Punctospirifer cristatus by Taraz (1969); it was recombined as Spiriferellina cristata by Fredericks (1924), Fantini Sestini (1965), Stehli and Grant (1971), Termier and Termier (1977), Lee and Gu (1980), Kalashnikov (1998) and Tazawa (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. campestris, S. octoplicata, S. pandri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Terebratulites cristatus von Schlotheim p. 28 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1848Spirifer cristatus Howse p. 254
1850Trigonotreta cristata King p. 127 figs. Pl 8, figs 9-14
1857Spiriferina cristata Howse p. 52
1858Spiriferina cristata Davidson p. 17 figs. Pl 1, figs 37-40, 45, 46; pl 2, figs 43-45
1861Spirifer cristatus Geinitz p. 88 figs. Pl 16, figs 8-11
1883Spiriferina cristata Waagen p. 499
1884Spiriferina cristata Walcott p. 218 figs. Plate xviii, tigs. 12, 13
1902Spiriferina cristata Tschernyschew p. 115 figs. Pl 37, figs 1,2
1906Spiriferina cristata Keidel p. 377
1913Spiriferina cristata Mansuy p. 119 figs. Pl 13, fig 6
1916Spiriferina cristata Tschernyschew and Stepanow p. 56
1924Spiriferellina cristata Fredericks
1943Spiriferina cristata Minato p. 56 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-9
1955Punctospirifer cristata Dunbar p. 149
1965Spiriferellina cristata Fantini Sestini p. 65
1969Punctospirifer cristatus Taraz p. 688
1971Spiriferellina cristata Stehli and Grant p. 519 figs. Pl 64, figs 24-30
1977Spiriferellina cristata Termier and Termier p. 60
1977Punctospirifer cristata Yang et al. p. 446 figs. Pl 178, figs 7,13
1980Spiriferellina cristata Lee and Gu p. 422 figs. Pl 179, figs 3,6-8
1998Spiriferellina cristata Kalashnikov p. 75 figs. Pl 30, fig 3; pl 32, figs 1,2
2012Spiriferellina cristata Tazawa p. 42 figs. 3.17-3.19

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusSpiriferellina
speciescristata()

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.

†Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height711.08.8313.510.02.00

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Changhsingian or 340.00000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (124 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Spiriferina cristata (214521)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Spiriferina cristata (112176 112177)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Spiriferellina cristata (5995)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spiriferina cristata (111915)
Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian323.2 - 273.01USA (California) Spiriferina cristata (214585)
Pennsylvanian - Permian323.2 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Spiriferina cristata (102051)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spiriferina cristata (111913)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (California) Spiriferina cristata (121467)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Xinjiang) Spiriferina cristata (119867)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Spiriferina cristata (112191 112193)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Spiriferellina cristata (110167)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Nunavut) Spiriferina cristata (119291)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Spiriferellina cristata (110008)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Canada (Nunavut) Spiriferellina cristata (118084)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Mexico (Guerrero) Spiriferellina cristata (232714)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan Spiriferellina cristata (118925)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran Punctospirifer cristatus (81123)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Spiriferellina cristata (113617 113725)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Spiriferellina cristata (118142)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) Spiriferina cristata (109334)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Spiriferellina cristata (42091)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) Punctospirifer cristata (111166) Spiriferellina cristata (61881)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Punctospirifer cristatus (111185)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Jilin) Spiriferina cristata (113134)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Spiriferina cristata (233582)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Armenia Spiriferellina cristata (88708)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan Spiriferellina cristata (82262)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Spiriferina cristata (125882 127001 127033)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Spirifer cristatus (130870 130871) Spiriferina cristata (130867) Trigonotreta cristata (130768)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany Terebratulites cristatus (type locality: 107652)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Spiriferellina cristata (116757)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Durham) Spiriferina cristata (161490 161506 161509) Trigonotreta cristata (130771)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Spiriferina cristata (110328 110973)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Armenia Spiriferellina cristata (109486)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland Punctospirifer cristata (96808 107365 107370 107373 107381 107533 107536)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Spiriferellina cristata (110084) Spiriferina cristata (89203)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Chongqing) Spiriferina cristata (110405)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Indonesia Spirifer cristatus (132776) Spiriferina cristata (132787)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania Spiriferellina cristata (46160 46170 46202 46203 46415)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Spiriferina cristata (88933 125887 125895 125896 125897 125903 125912 125920 125925 125926 125961 125963 126002 126005 126007 126263 126264 126265 126267 126268 126270 126271 126272 126275 126279 126280 126281 126293 126295 126296 126298 126299 126302 126342 126343 126344 126345 126452 126453 126454 126460 126463 126984 126991 127005 127030) Spiriferina octoplicata (117776)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Spiriferellina cristata (24085 24086 89578 89587 89594 109717 109722) Spiriferina cristata (110500) Trigonotreta cristata (130766)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Spiriferina cristata (230849)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17China (Guangdong) Punctospirifer cristata (121114)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Spiriferina cristata (127023)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Spiriferellina cristata (149802)