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Choristitella

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Choristitella was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Spirifer (Choristitella) by Reed (1944).

It was assigned to Spirifer by Reed (1944); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Choristitinae by Waterhouse (2004) and Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Spirifer (Choristitella) Reed p. 215
2002Choristitella Sepkoski
2004Choristitella Waterhouse
2006Choristitella Williams et al. p. 1785

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyChoristitinaeWaterhouse 1968
genusChoristitella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Choristitella wynnei Waagen 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height426.423.030.026.53.11

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 315.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) C. podolskensis (46633 46635)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt C. podolskensis (46988)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation C. sp. (63384)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian307.0 - 273.01USA (California) C. sp. (143616 143619)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Spirifer wynnei (129658)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Pakistan Spirifer wynnei (127031)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Spirifer wynnei (86168)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Spirifer wynnei (89203 230327)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Primorye) C. wynnei (63899)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Spirifer internatus (125897 126005 126264 126280 126293 126302) Spirifer wynnei (90250 119541 119557 125904 126268 126298 126693 127007)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Spirifer wynnei (230328)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan C. wynnei (107624 149802)