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Toryniferinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Toryniferinae was named by Carter (1994).

It was assigned to Elythidae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Toryniferinae Carter
2006Toryniferinae Williams et al. p. 1866

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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
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
subfamilyToryniferinaeCarter 1994
subfamilyToryniferinaeCarter 1994

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.

Subfm. †Toryniferinae Carter 1994
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G. †Spirelytha Fredericks 1924
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†Spirelytha borealis Mironova 1964
†Spirelytha buravasi Hamada 1960
†Spirelytha fredericksi Archbold and Thomas 1984
†Spirelytha grandis Klets 1987
†Spirelytha kashirtsevi Archbold 1993
†Spirelytha kislakovi Klets 1987
†Spirelytha magna Miloradovich 1936
†Spirelytha miloradovichi Archbold and Thomas 1984
†Spirelytha pavlovae Archbold and Thomas 1984
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Invalid names: Spirifer scheii Tschernyschew and Stepanow 1916 [replaced]
†Spirelytha petaliformis Pavlova 1973
†Spirelytha sheii Tschernyschew 1916
†Spirelytha stepanoviana Archbold and Thomas 1984
G. †Stepanoviina Zavodowsky 1968
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†Stepanoviina larini Zavodowsky 1958
†Stepanoviina snjatkovi Zavodowsky 1968
G. †Taimyrella Ustritsky 1963
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G. †Torynifer
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†Torynifer giganteus Yanischewsky 1938
†Torynifer turbatus Waterhouse 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 365.20000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (242 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (New Mexico) Torynifer spinosa (231554) Toryniferella spinosa (231555 231556 231558 231559)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Arizona) Torynifer spinosus (111889)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Afghanistan (Herat) Toryniferella echinulata (70159)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Torynifer praematura (38295)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Torynifer praematura (38306)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Canada (Alberta) Torynifer spinosus (35544)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Torynifer microgemma (38428 38430)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Ohio) Toryniferella sp. (75049)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Utah) Torynifer sp. (547)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) Torynifer sp. (5933)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Montana) Torynifer cooperensis (7312) Torynifer sp. (544 545)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Torynifer cooperensis (62431)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) Torynifer sp. (226310 226426)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China Torynifer sp. (162313)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) Torynifer eufastigium (67238 67240 67245 67253 67254 67255 67259 67262) Torynifer pseudolineatus (67301 67322 67325 67327)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Idaho) Torynifer cooperensis (12798) Torynifer pseudolineata (12801) Torynifer sp. (12790)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Oklahoma) Torynifer sp. (5614)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Reticularia pseudolineata (112172)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California) Torynifer sp. (12346)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) Torynifer sp. (10241)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineatus (6787)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (California) Torynifer sp. (12345)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Torynifer pseudolineata (62432) Torynifer sp. (62433)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineatus (6778) Torynifer salemensis (6824) Torynifer salemensis, Torynifer pseudolineatus (6772) Torynifer sp. (6676)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Utah) Torynifer sp. (549 563)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9Mexico (Oaxaca) Torynifer pseudolineatus (67167)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Torynifer pseudolineatus (57988)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (New Mexico) Torynifer sp. (553)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Montana) Torynifer sp. (555 564)
Osagean - Chadian351.9 - 339.9USA (Virginia) Torynifer pseudolineata, Reticularia pseudolineata (6996)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineata (2184 2187 2202 2204 2207 2208)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Torynifer sp. (2678)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineata (8107 8108 8120 8121) Torynifer sp. (556 557)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Yukon) Torynifer sp. (569)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Spirifer pseudolineatus (2828) Torynifer pseudolineatus (2778 2779 2780 2781 2829 2831) Torynifer setigera (2713)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Torynifer internascens (62674)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Alberta) Torynifer setigera (62396)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Idaho) Torynifer sp. (12823)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Indiana) Torynifer pseudolineatus (2833 2835) Torynifer sp. (6698 6826)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) Torynifer sp. (2710 6755 6763 6764 6766 6769 6773 6777 6780 6782 6789 6790 6791 6792 6793 6798 6804 6806 6807 6809 6811 6823 6831 6835 6837 6841 6844 6845 6846 6848)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer setiger (7000 7004 7017 7021 7028 7029 7031)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Torynifer sp. (12786 12787 12788 12789 79850 79863 79864 79865 79866)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Torynifer sp. (79823 79826 79827 79828)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Montana) Torynifer setiger (6715)
Chesterian - Alportian335.4 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) Torynifer setiger (5694 5720)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Indiana) Torynifer setiger (6924 6936 6938 6941 6944)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Illinois) Torynifer setiger (7070)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Idaho) Torynifer sp. (93283)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation (Verkhoyansk) Taimyrella afanasjevi (44259)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Utah) Torynifer sp. (12780)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation Stepanoviina larini (94993 95051 121556 121557 121576) Stepanoviina larini, Stepanoviina snjatkovi (121575)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Thailand Kitakamithyris buravasi (40150 40156)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Yunnan) Spirelytha petaliformis (61505)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Indonesia (Jambi) Toryniferinae indet. (152888)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Pakistan Spirelytha petaliformis (50590 50669 123826)
Asselian - Kungurian298.9 - 274.4Russian Federation Neospirifer flabelliformis (95063)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Spirelytha fredericksi (110410) Spirelytha magna (100693 124252) Spirelytha miloradovichi (100445 100493 100494 100501 100502) Taimyrella pseudodarwini (119328)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Yunnan) Spirelytha petaliformis (61511 61512)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xizang) Spirelytha fredericksi (235550) Spirelytha petaliformis (235549)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Reticularia lineata (101221 131884) Reticularia lineata, Reticularia crebristria (131548) Spirelytha fredericksi (83208 84482 84582 84583 85843 85887 95188 95189 95199 95200 95201 101139 101205 101206 101209) Spirelytha sp. (167925)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Tajikistan Kitakamithyris petaliformis (100332)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Malaysia Spirelytha buravasi (221709) Spirelytha petaliformis (82630 117676) Spirelytha petaliformis, Spirelytha buravasi (221708)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India Spirelytha sp. (89372)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Spirelytha fredericksi (117168 117737 117759) Spirelytha sp. (117738)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 283.3China (Yunnan) Spirelytha sp. (234358)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Spirelytha kislakovi (102006) Spirelytha magna (172395) Taimyrella flabelliformis (117435)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Nunavut) Spirifer scheii (119291)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Mongolia Spirelytha sp. (116276)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (Yukon) Spirelytha fredericksi (117748) Spirelytha sp. (117746)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Thailand Spirelytha petaliformis (117765)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Spirelytha fredericksi (83209) Spirelytha miloradovichi (84856 85849) Spirelytha sp. (101147) Spirelytha sp. A (83183 84574) Spirelytha sp. B (85200)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Spirelytha miloradovichi (38899 84728 84863 85207 101208 101212 101213 101214)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Thailand Kitakamithyris buravasi (221707) Torynifer turbatus (117142 221705)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Kitakamithyris magna (109936 109937 109946) Spirelytha borealis (133118)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Mongolia Spirelytha fredericksi (116254)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Canada (Nunavut) Spirelytha sheii (118084)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Spirelytha grandis (110411)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Spirelytha stepanoviana (101210 101211)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Kitakamithyris magna (109954)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Spirelytha sp. (73600)