Dagyspirifer Hoover 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae

Full reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109

Parent taxon: Dagyspiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Pseudospondylospira

Subtaxa: Dagyspirifer fascicostata

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Type: Dagyspirifer fascicostata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (3: Alaska, Nevada collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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