Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Parent taxon: Cyrtospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Savage and Baxter 1995, Savage et al. 1978 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austrospirifer, Liraspirifer, Petshorospirifer, Sinospirifer, Sphenospira, Syringospira, Tarandrospirifer, Tenticospirifer
Subtaxa: Cyrtospirifer buddingtoni Cyrtospirifer cuspidatus Cyrtospirifer kharaulakhensis Cyrtospirifer latior
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), Mexico (1), United States (3: California, Colorado, Indiana)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (27), Australia (4), Canada (8: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (14), France (24), Germany (8), Iran (20), Libya (8), Mauritania (1), Poland (24), the Russian Federation (11), Spain (3), Tajikistan (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (184: Alaska, Arizona, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (2)
Total: 356 collections including 444 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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