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Neospirifer cameratus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer cameratus was named by Morton (1836). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Spirifer (Trigonotreta) cameratus by Meek (1877); it was recombined as Neospirifer cameratus by Dunbar and Condra (1932), Chronic (1953), Hoare (1961), Kalashnikov (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Spirifer cameratus Morton pp. 32, 150 figs. pl. 2 f. 3
1877Spirifer (Trigonotreta) cameratus Meek p. 91 figs. Plate 9, figs. 2, 2a
1913Spirifer cameratus Mansuy p. 56 figs. Pl 5, fig 4
1915Spirifer cameratus Girty pp. 87-91 figs. pl. 9 f. 4-4b
1932Neospirifer cameratus Dunbar and Condra pp. 334-336 figs. pl. 39 f. 4, 6-9b
1953Neospirifer cameratus Chronic p. 59 figs. Pl 7, figs 1a-3
1961Neospirifer cameratus Hoare pp. 76-78 figs. pl. 9 f. 15-17; pl. 10 f. 1-2
1998Neospirifer cameratus Kalashnikov p. 49 figs. Pl 22, fig 5; pl 23, fig 4

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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()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusNeospiriferFredericks 1919
speciescameratus(Morton 1836)

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.

†Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height320.515.126.022.05.51

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 358.86000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Utah) Spirifer cameratus (13361)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (112174)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Nevada) Neospirifer cameratus (12785)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Nevada) Neospirifer cameratus (12783 144019)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6Brazil (Para) Neospirifer cameratus (52894)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Kentucky) Spirifer cameratus (158165)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (112188)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Nevada) Spirifer cameratus (229431)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Peru (Piura) Neospirifer cameratus (41390)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Peru (Junin) Neospirifer cameratus (41387)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (111914)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Missouri) Neospirifer cameratus (70480)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Nevada) Neospirifer cameratus (59845)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Peru (Junin) Neospirifer cameratus (41380)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Neospirifer cameratus (46633 46635)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt Neospirifer cameratus (46988)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) Neospirifer cameratus (39158 144022)
Moscovian - Kasimovian315.2 - 303.7USA (Nevada) Neospirifer cameratus (144023)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Neospirifer cameratus (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Spirifer cameratus (184079 184081 184098)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Neospirifer cameratus (70134 70252 70255 70256 70258 70271 70272 70284 70287 70288 70290 70297 70298 70308 70379 70381 70382)
Desmoinesian - Carboniferous312.8 - 298.9USA (Utah) Spirifer cameratus (13364)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Spirifer cameratus (237740 237799 237800 237801 237802 237831)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Spirifer cameratus (175101 175104)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Spirifer cameratus (184103 184105 184106)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Spirifer cameratus (71507 237763 237765 237795 237796 237797 237798)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Spirifer cameratus (156790)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Spirifer cameratus (69720 71993)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (109345)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation Neospirifer cameratus (89383 110201)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer cameratus (233571)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Vietnam Spirifer cameratus (233575)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Russian Federation Neospirifer cameratus (133078)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (112187 112191 112193 112196 112199)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Neospirifer cameratus (102000 102055)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Spirifer cameratus (133739)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (112228)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer cameratus (125851)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Spirifer cameratus (133736)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Spirifer cameratus (125883 127032)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Spirifer cameratus (126004 126270 127010)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Spirifer cameratus (126894)