Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and J. Waddington. 1982. Systematic descriptions, paleoecology and correlations of the late Paleozoic subfamily Spiriferellinae (Brachiopoda) from the Yukon Territory and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 289:1-73
Parent taxon: Spiriferellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Arcullina, Bamberina, Elivina, Elivininae, Eridmatus, Hunzininae, Plicatospiriferella, Rhombospirifer, Spiriarchboldiella, Spiriferella, Spiriferellinae, Spiriferelloides, Timaniella, Tipispirifer
Subtaxa: Alispiriferella gydanensis Alispiriferella lita Alispiriferella ordinaria
Type: Spiriferella ordinaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Leonard of Canada (2: Yukon collections)
• Wolfcamp of Canada (2: Yukon)
• Permian of Canada (14: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (2), Japan (16), Mongolia (8), the Russian Federation (18)
Total: 62 collections including 65 occurrences
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