Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Alternative combinations: Neospirifer ravana, Spirifer ravana
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permian fossils of the Productus Shales of Kumaon and Gurhwal. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-54
Belongs to Wadispirifer according to B. Waterhouse and Z. Q. Chen 2007
See also Diener 1897, Diener 1903, Jin and Sun 1981, Lee and Gu 1980, Waterhouse 1966, Waterhouse 2004 and Zhang and Jin 1976
Sister taxa: Neospirifer (Neospirifer), Neospirifer (Quadrospira), Neospirifer amphigyus, Neospirifer amplus, Neospirifer apothescelus, Neospirifer bakeri, Neospirifer borealis, Neospirifer cameratiformis, Neospirifer cameratus, Neospirifer campbelli, Neospirifer chivatschensis, Neospirifer crassiconchialis, Neospirifer dunbari, Neospirifer fasciger, Neospirifer foordi, Neospirifer formulosus, Neospirifer goreii, Neospirifer gortani, Neospirifer grandis, Neospirifer gruenewaldtianus, Neospirifer huecoensis, Neospirifer incipiens, Neospirifer invisus, Neospirifer kalashnikovi, Neospirifer kansasensis, Neospirifer koewbaidhoni, Neospirifer lanceolatus, Neospirifer latus, Neospirifer licharewi, Neospirifer mansuetus, Neospirifer mengjiushanensis, Neospirifer neali, Neospirifer neocameratus, Neospirifer neostriatus, Neospirifer notialis, Neospirifer omolonensis, Neospirifer orientalis, Neospirifer paranitiensis, Neospirifer parenensis, Neospirifer permicus, Neospirifer placidus, Neospirifer plana, Neospirifer poletaevi, Neospirifer praenuntius, Neospirifer pristinus, Neospirifer pseudonitiensis, Neospirifer rhomboidalis, Neospirifer rhomboides, Neospirifer shenshuensis, Neospirifer snjatkovi, Neospirifer sodalis, Neospirifer sterlitamakensis, Neospirifer subfasciger, Neospirifer tajmyrica, Neospirifer tegulatus, Neospirifer tricostatus, Neospirifer trimuensis, Neospirifer undatus, Neospirifer venezuelensis, Neospirifer wynneiformis, Spirifer (Neospirifer) bakeri, Spirifer (Neospirifer) huecoensis, Wadispirifer hongdeensis, Wadispirifer grandis
Type specimen: GSI 6195. Its type locality is Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Productus Shale Formation of India.
Distribution:
• Permian of China (5 collections), India (4), Pakistan (8), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
• Carboniferous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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