Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Alternative combinations: Genuspirifer orientalis, Spiriferina orientalis

Synonyms: Metriolepis asiatica Liang 1990, Metriolepis pollostosa Liang 1990, Punctospirifer shenzhouensis Liang 1990

Full reference: F. Frech. 1911. Die Dyas in Süd-Yünnan, Tongking, Laos und Burmah. China: Ergebnisse Eigener Reisen und Darauf Gegründeter Studien 5:149-161

Belongs to Spiriferellina according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Frech 1911, Liang 1990 and Liao 1980

Sister taxa: Spiriferellina aduncata, Spiriferellina aequiplicata, Spiriferellina altiplecusformis, Spiriferellina anguliplica, Spiriferellina baywullensis, Spiriferellina bilotensis, Spiriferellina cambodgiensis, Spiriferellina cristata, Spiriferellina discoformis, Spiriferellina disparata, Spiriferellina elegantula, Spiriferellina enteleteformis, Spiriferellina excelens, Spiriferellina hilli, Spiriferellina hochuanensis, Spiriferellina lacunosa, Spiriferellina lata, Spiriferellina nanbuensis, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina neerkolensis, Spiriferellina netschajewi, Spiriferellina nuda, Spiriferellina paucicostata, Spiriferellina pauciplicata, Spiriferellina pokrowskensis, Spiriferellina quadriplicata, Spiriferellina quantula, Spiriferellina rouxi, Spiriferellina tareica, Spiriferellina tricosa, Spiriferellina triquetra, Spiriferellina vercherei, Spiriferellina vescula, Spiriferellina yanagidai, Spiriferellina yunnanensis, Spiriferellina zewanensis

Type specimens:

• Spiriferellina orientalis: Its type locality is Lou-Mé-J, which is in a Guadalupian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China
• Metriolepis asiatica: Its type locality is Lengwu, upper Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China.
• Metriolepis pollostosa: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China.
• Punctospirifer shenzhouensis: Its type locality is Lengwu, upper Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China.

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