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Adolfiidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae

Taxonomy
Adolfiidae was named by Sartenaer (1966). Its type is Adolfia.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Adolfiidae Sartenaer
2006Adolfiidae Williams et al. p. 1703

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
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phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAdolfioideaSartenaer 1966
familyAdolfiidaeSartenaer 1966
familyAdolfiidaeSartenaer 1966

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.

Fm. †Adolfiidae Sartenaer 1966
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Subfm. †Adolfiinae Sartenaer 1966
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†Acutatheca rigauxi Maillieux 1909
G. †Adolfia Gürich 1909
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†Adolfia glypta Talent 1963
†Adolfia ibergensis Scupin 1900
Invalid names: Changshaispirifer [synonym]
G. †Allanella
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†Allanella tullius Hall 1867
G. †Eospiriferina Grabau 1931
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†Eospiriferina adunca Talent 1963
G. †Guicyrtia
G. †Spinella Talent 1956
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†Spinella buchanensis Talent 1956
†Spinella maga Talent 1956
†Spinella paulula Mergl and Massa 1992
†Spinella talenti Johnson 1970
†Spinella yassensis de Koninck 1876
Invalid names: Spinellinae Johnson 1970 [synonym]
Subfm. †Callispiriferinae Johnson 1994
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G. †Rochtex
Subfm. †Eurekaspiriferinae Johnson 1994
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G. †Eurekaspirifer Johnson 1966
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Subfm. †Pinguispiriferinae Havlicek 1971
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Tournaisian or 438.60000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (261 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Nikiforovaena sp. (27908)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Nunavut) Spurispirifer hughesi (26003 26009 26013 26014)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Spurispirifer hughesi (26011)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation Pinguispirifer kadensis (24778)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62China (Sichuan) Nikiforovaena sp. (27812)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia Spurispirifer spurius (14054 14055 14101)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Spinella sp. (23218)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Jilin) Nikiforovaena sp. (25849)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) Nikiforovaena sp. (27771)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia Spurispirifer spurius (14110 14111 14156)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia Spurispirifer spurius (14060 14114)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Prague) Spurispirifer fuscus (12068 12072)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nunavut) Pinguispirifer carlsi (26649)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Spurispirifer fuscus (14118)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Guangxi) Nikiforovaena guangxiensis (41058)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Algeria Amoenospirifer sp. (27170)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Amoenospirifer thetidis, Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Pinguispirifer infirmus (12183)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Nikiforovaena baschkirica (81649 81654)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Adolfia glypta (75674 75691 75693) Eospiriferina adunca (75698) Eospiriferina adunca, Spinella buchanensis, Adolfia glypta (25720) Spinella buchanensis (75700 75705 75709)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) Nikiforovaena sp. (25696)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Guangxi) Nikiforovaena guangxiensis (13038) Nikiforovaena guangxiensis, Nikiforovaena ferganensis (12928)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Australia (Victoria) Spinella buchanensis (25716 25717) Spinella buchanensis, Spinella maga (25715)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47China (Nei Mongol) Spinella sp. (25757)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Ljudmilispirifer latihumerus (40703)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5USA (Alaska) Amoenospirifer angustiplicata (3478 3480) Amoenospirifer angustiplicata, Amoenospirifer sulcalplicata (3477) Amoenospirifer sulcalplicata (3483)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China (Guangxi) Brevispirifer sp. (25866)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia (Praha) Amoenospirifer oenone, Pinguispirifer infirmus (5804)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Amoenospirifer amoenoides (5802) Pinguispirifer fessus (5800) Pinguispirifer fessus, Rochtex lissopleura (5815) Rochtex lissopleura (5803)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Libya Spinella paulula (35633)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Spinella yassensis (39884 39889 39890)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Eurekaspirifer pinyonensis (164792 164793 164795) Spinella sp. (164814 164815) Spinella talenti (164828)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Amoenospirifer thetidis (12112)
Couvinien410.2 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) Spirifer yassensis (188209)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Amoenospirifer foedus, Pinguispirifer sp. (208263)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Spurispirifer vijaicoides (26624)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco Amoenospirifer foedus, Pinguispirifer kesskess (207889)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Ljudmilispirifer irregularis, Ljudmilispirifer vetuloides (40708)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Czechia Amoenospirifer oenone, Amoenospirifer foedus, Pinguispirifer fessus, Rochtex lissopleura (5783)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland Chimaerothyris dombrowiensis (99470)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Koneprusy) Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Pinguispirifer infirmus (12257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) Eospiriferina lachrymosa (4031 4836) Eospiriferina sp. (25732)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Brevispirifer sp. (213759)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Amoenospirifer oenone, Rochtex lissopleura (5818) Amoenospirifer oenone, Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Rochtex lissopleura (5792)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Allanella tullia (91246)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Aragon) Adolfia sp. (40446)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Allanella tullius (8813 8814 8817 8827 8828 8829 8959 8960 8961 8962 8963 8964 8965 8967 8969 8970 8971 8972 8973 9355 9361 9362 9364 9366 10119 86636 86637 86638 86642 86649 89653 89660 89662 89682 89683 89690 89691 89692 89694 89698 89701 89703 89706 89707 89708 89709 89715 89721 89722 89729 89730 89734 89742 89745 89747 89748 89749 89750 89751 89752 89753 89754 89768 89769 89776 89782 89800 89801 89802 89805 89812 89813 89814 89815 89826 89877 89886 89887 89889 89891 89896 89898 89900 89902 89903 89904 89910 89912 89915 89921 89922 89925 89927 89928 89929 89937 89941 89942 89956 89958 89959 89960 89962 89965 111417 111443 111467 111471 111818 111824 111827 111828 111829)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Spirifer tullius (9664 9704 9898 9899 9901 9902 9903 9906)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Libya Adolfia termierae (35617)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Missouri) Allanella annae (93850)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Allanella allani (35486 35487)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31USA (Iowa) Allanella allani (35485) Allanella annae (35489 35491)
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian383.4 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Allanella annae (35490)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Allanella allani (3396)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France Adolfia sauvagei (38687 38690)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Belgium Spirifer ibergensis (234782)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (Iowa) Allanella cardinalis (35493)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New Mexico) Acutatheca prolifica (219869 219871)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France Adolfia sauvagei (38686 38691)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Alberta) Allanella minutilla (3409 3410 3411 3412 3413 3414 3415 3416 3417 3418 3419 3420 3421 3422 3423 3424 3425 3426 3427 3428)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France (Boulonnais) Adolfia sauvagei (65795 65814 65817 65829 65830)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Belgium (Frasnes) Acutatheca rigauxi (235111)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Afghanistan (Ghazni) Adolfia sp. (84662) Adolfia sp., Adolfia pseudomultifida (75118)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Acutatheca propira (35502) Adolfia sp. (3407) Allanella allani (35488) Allanella cardinalis (35494 35495)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86Afghanistan (Vardak) Adolfia sp. (84635)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2France Adolfia sp. (3398)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) Adolfia multifida, Adolfia zickzack, Adolfia loriger, Adolfia laevigata (84381)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Namur) Adolfia pseudomultifida, Acutatheca rigauxi (235113)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Adolfia zickzack, Adolfia loriger, Adolfia multifida, Adolfia angustisselata, Adolfia laevigata (84378) Adolfia zickzack, Adolfia multifida, Adolfia loriger (84380)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium Adolfia biverrucosa (92831)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Adolfia kennedyensis (46866 46867)