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Spiriferella saranae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer saranae was named by de Verneuil (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sarana, Ufa River, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Spiriferina (Spiriferella) saranae by Tschernyschew (1902); it was recombined as Spiriferella saranae by Tschernyschew and Stepanow (1916), Grabau (1931), Brabb and Grant (1971), Waterhouse and Waddington (1982), Li et al. (1986), Shi and Waterhouse (1996), Kalashnikov (1998), Waterhouse (2004), Tazawa (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Spirifer saranae de Verneuil p. 169 figs. Pl 6, fig 15
1846Spirifer saranae Keyserling p. 232 figs. Pl 8, figs 4-6; pl 10, fig 3
1902Spiriferina (Spiriferella) saranae Tschernyschew p. 121 figs. Pl 12, fig 4; pl 40, fig 7
1916Spiriferella saranae Tschernyschew and Stepanow p. 50 figs. Pl 9, fig 1; pl 11, fig 1
1931Spiriferella saranae Grabau p. 155 figs. Pl 22, fig 4
1970Spiriferella kolymaensis Zavodowsky p. 162 figs. Pl 36, figs 3,4; pl 38, figs 4-6; pl 39, fig 1
1971Spiriferella saranae Brabb and Grant p. 17 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-17
1982Spiriferella saranae Waterhouse and Waddington p. 17 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-11; text-figs 14,16a,c
1986Spiriferella saranae Li et al. figs. Pl 6, fig 8
1996Spiriferella saranae Shi and Waterhouse p. 132 figs. Pl 24, figs 21-32; pl 25, figs 1-5
1998Spiriferella saranae Kalashnikov p. 59 figs. Pl 18, figs 8-10
2004Spiriferella saranae Waterhouse
2008Spiriferella saranae Tazawa p. 40 figs. 6.1-6.4

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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()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusSpiriferella()
speciessaranae()

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.

Spiriferella saranae de Verneuil 1845
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Invalid names: Spiriferella kolymaensis Zavodowsky 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height820.612.030.523.58.27

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 Late/Upper Pennsylvanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 307.00000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Spiriferella saranae (211887)
Wolfcampian - Leonardian298.9 - 274.4Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella saranae (61630)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella saranae (25741)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Canada (British Columbia) Spiriferella saranae (61641)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Spirifer saranae (type locality: 117227)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella editiareatus (117683) Spiriferella saranae (115714 117168 117169 117677 117679 117680 117681 117682 117685 117699 117713 117719 117720 117724 117732 117733 117741 117760 121757 121758 121768 121825 121832 122974) Spiriferella sp. (121749)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Spiriferella saranae (112840)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Nenetsia) Spiriferella saranae (82825)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) Spiriferella saranae (134321)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella saranae (117715 117748 121810 121811)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Nunavut) Spiriferella saranae (111881 119291)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) Spiriferella saranae (82123)
Leonardian - Guadalupian286.0 - 259.51Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella saranae (61577)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Spiriferella saranae (110008 110135)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella saranae (61626 61632)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51Svalbard and Jan Mayen Spiriferella saranae (114083)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer saranae (125859 125871)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Spiriferella saranae (109168 109211 109215 109253)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Spiriferella saranae (109256)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Spiriferella saranae (62292)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen Spiriferella saranae (114084)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Japan Spiriferella saranae (118973)