Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Parent taxon: Eospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Badainjarania, Endospirifer, Eospirifer, Espella, Havlicekia, Hedeina, Macropleura, Mictospirifer, Myriospirifer, Nurataella, Striispirifer, Xinanospirifer, Yingwuspirifer
Subtaxa: Janius barrandi Janius exsul Janius nobilis Janius occidentalis Janius schmidti
Type: Spirifer nobilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Yukon Territory collection), the Russian Federation (7), Tajikistan (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), the Czech Republic (9), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (4), Ukraine (4), United States (3: California, Wisconsin)
Total: 44 collections including 50 occurrences
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