Saltospirifer Cisterna and Archbold 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: G. A. Cisterna and N. W. Archbold. 2007. Spiriferoidea (Brachiopoda) from the Early Permian Del Salto Formation of Argentina. Alcheringa 31(1):3-16

Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to G. A. Cisterna and N. W. Archbold 2007

Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Spiriferalaria, Tibetospirifer

Subtaxa: Saltospirifer guevarii

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Type: Saltospirifer guevarii

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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