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Spiriferellina hilli

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferina hilli was named by Girty (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 118605 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 3763 green, Comanche Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Spiriferellina hilli by Cooper and Grant (1976) and Hoover (1981).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Spiriferina hilli Girty p. 379 figs. Pl 30, figs 15-15b
1909Spiriferina hilli Girty p. 379 figs. Pl 30, figs 15-15b
1938Spiriferina hilli McKee p. 254 figs. Pl 48, figs 4-6
1976Spiriferellina hilli Cooper and Grant p. 2703 figs. Pl 704, figs 18-25; pl 709, figs 18-71
1981Spiriferellina hilli Hoover p. 102 figs. Pl 8, figs 58-71; pl 9, figs 28, 29

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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
specieshilli()

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 hilli Girty 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height314.121.507.204.601.67

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 Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Spiriferina hilli (113195 113203 149994 150247 150564 150603 151157 151467 151468)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Spiriferina hilli (128494)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Spiriferellina hilli (41507)
Kungurian - Wordian279.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Spiriferina hilli (149822)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Spiriferellina hilli (43548 43551 43553 81645 81650 102605 102614 105592 105726 105750 105887 105932 105933 106123) Spiriferina hilli (type locality: 108862)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Spiriferellina hilli (102630)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Spiriferellina hilli (43550 102626 105821 105977 106105)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) Spiriferina hilli (150783)