†Brachyspirifer (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Parent taxon: Hysterolitinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Johnson 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antispirifer, Arduspirifer, Australospirifer, Costellispirifer, Dixonella, Dyticospirifer, Euryspirifer, Hysterolites, Otospirifer, Paraspirifer, Patriaspirifer, Rostrospirifer, Trigonospirifer, Xinjiangospirifer
Subtaxa: Brachyspirifer pinyonoides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (1 collection), Colombia (2), Germany (8), Luxembourg (2), Mauritania (1), Morocco (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Nevada)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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