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Plectospirinae

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Plectospirinae Alvarez et al. p. 847
2002Plectospirinae Williams et al. p. 1596

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderRetziidinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyRetzioideaWaagen 1883
familyNeoretziidaeDagis 1972
subfamilyPlectospirinae
subfamilyPlectospirinae

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. †Plectospirinae Alvarez et al. 1998
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G. †Cooperispira Alvarez et al. 1998
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†Cooperispira subferita Verneuil 1850
G. †Plectospira Cooper 1942
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†Plectospira ferita von Buch 1835
Invalid names: Ptychospira Hall and Clarke 1894 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:56
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:56
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Chadian or 425.60000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Ptychospira ferita (229257)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Plectospira tubulicostata (14110)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) Plectospira membranifera, Plectospira varioplicate (12183)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) Plectospira sp. (25696)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic (Barrandia) Plectospira sexplicata (12112)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Guangxi) Plectospira minor (27478) Plectospira sp. (27534)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Czech Republic Plectospira dione (5800) Plectospira dione, Plectospira grochonia, Plectospira leniplicata (5783)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Thailand Plectospira sp. (82106)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (León) Cooperispira subferita (232944)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) Plectospira minor (25817)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Nei Mongol) Plectospira sp. (25834)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Myanmar Plectospira longirostris, Plectospira ferita (25737) Plectospira sp. (64813)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Plectospira varioplicata (5792)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Plectospira ferita (60466)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Plectospira ferita (5767)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) Plectospira problematica (62492 62494 62497 62498 62499)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Plectospira sexplicata (6734)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) Plectospira problematica (7372)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Missouri) Plectospira raricosta (65693)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Plectospira simplex (217053)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Texas) Plectospira problematica (1)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Plectospira sp. (2673 2678)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Plectospira sp. (2683 2688)