Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Parent taxon: Punctospiriferidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Hoare 1961 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alipunctifera, Lamnaespina, Liriplica, Pustulospiriferina, Yangkongia, Ziganella
Subtaxa: Punctospirifer adstrictus Punctospirifer afghanus Punctospirifer ambiguus Punctospirifer coronae Punctospirifer fastigata Punctospirifer gigas Punctospirifer globosa Punctospirifer guangyuanensis Punctospirifer inflatus Punctospirifer kentuckensis Punctospirifer patulus Punctospirifer pseudocristatus Punctospirifer solidirostris Punctospirifer sulcifer Punctospirifer transversus
Type: Pustulospiriferina etheridgei
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (4), Bolivia (4), China (15), India (1), Nepal (1), Oman (3), Pakistan (5), Peru (6), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), United States (17: Kansas, Oregon, Texas)
• Namurian of Australia (2)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1), United States (6: California, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Australia (11), Brazil (1), Canada (20: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (8), Iran (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Nepal (1), Peru (2), South Korea (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (344: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Idaho-Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia)
• Devonian of China (1), Germany (13), United States (3: Ohio)
• Paleozoic of Chile (1)
Total: 487 collections including 495 occurrences
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