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Adolfioidea

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida

Taxonomy
Adolfioidea was named by Sartenaer (1966).

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

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

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

Superfm. †Adolfioidea Sartenaer 1966
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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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Fm. †Echinospiriferidae Liashenko 1973
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G. †Adolfispirifer Krylova 1962
G. †Howittia
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Howittia dushanensis Wang et al. 1974
Invalid names: Glyptospirifer [synonym]
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Invalid names: Schizospirifer [synonym]
G. †Rigauxia Brice 1988
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 Telychian to the top of the Tournaisian or 438.60000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (336 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 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Spinella sp. (23218)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia Spurispirifer spurius (14054 14055 14101)
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 - 413.02Vietnam Howittia wangi (55347)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Spurispirifer fuscus (14118)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Guangxi) Nikiforovaena guangxiensis (41058)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Prague) Spurispirifer fuscus (12068 12072)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nunavut) Pinguispirifer carlsi (26649)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Algeria Amoenospirifer sp. (27170)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Amoenospirifer thetidis, Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Pinguispirifer infirmus (12183)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Indospirifer kwangsiensis (83286) Indospirifer sp., Indospirifer kwangsiensis, Indospirifer angularis (83248)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Guangxi) Nikiforovaena guangxiensis (13038) Nikiforovaena guangxiensis, Nikiforovaena ferganensis (12928)
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) Howittia howitti, Nikiforovaena sp. (25696)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Australia (Victoria) Howittia howitti (25718) Howittia howitti, Spinella buchanensis (25716 25717) Howittia howitti, 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, Amoenospirifer sulcalplicata (3477) Amoenospirifer angustiplicata, Howittia haideri (3478 3480) Amoenospirifer sulcalplicata (3483) Howittia haideri (3476)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China (Guangxi) Brevispirifer sp. (25866) Glyptospirifer chui (25728 25729) Glyptospirifer sp. (25725 25726 25727 25730 25731 25801 25803 25810 25833)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia (Praha) Amoenospirifer oenone, Pinguispirifer infirmus (5804)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Eurekaspirifer pinyonensis (164792 164793 164795) Spinella sp. (164814 164815) Spinella talenti (164828)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan Indospirifer pseudowilliamsi (169214)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Amoenospirifer amoenoides (5802) Amoenospirifer oenone, Amoenospirifer foedus, Pinguispirifer fessus, Rochtex lissopleura (5783) Pinguispirifer fessus (5800) Pinguispirifer fessus, Rochtex lissopleura (5815) Rochtex lissopleura (5803)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Howittia howitti (35557) Howittia howitti, Howittia multiplicata (39887 39888) Howittia howitti, Howittia multiplicata, Spinella yassensis (39889) Howittia multiplicata, Howittia howitti, Spinella yassensis (39884) Spinella yassensis (39890)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Libya Spinella paulula (35633)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Glyptospirifer sp. (27420 65074)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Amoenospirifer thetidis (12112)
Couvinien410.2 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) Spirifer yassensis (188209)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Spurispirifer vijaicoides (26624)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Amoenospirifer foedus, Pinguispirifer sp. (208263)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Glyptospirifer quadriplicatus (4796) Glyptospirifer sp. (4803 4810 4814 4816 4818 4819 4820 4824 25839) Indospirifer extensa, Indospirifer quadriplicatus (4862) Indospirifer sp. (25790)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco Amoenospirifer foedus, Pinguispirifer kesskess (207889)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Indospirifer maritius, Ljudmilispirifer irregularis, Ljudmilispirifer vetuloides (40708)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Myanmar Indospirifer padaukpinensis (25737) Indospirifer sp. (64813)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Poland Chimaerothyris dombrowiensis (99470)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Schizospirifer latistriatus (144082 188768)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) Eospiriferina lachrymosa (4836) Eospiriferina lachrymosa, Indospirifer extensus (4031) Eospiriferina sp., Glyptospirifer sp. (25732) Indospirifer extensa (4029) Indospirifer extensus, Indospirifer maoerchuanensis, Indospirifer sp. (4864) Indospirifer maoerchuanensis (4026 4828 4829 4834) Indospirifer padaukpingensis (4847)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Amoenospirifer oenone, Rochtex lissopleura (5818) Amoenospirifer oenone, Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Rochtex lissopleura (5792)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Afghanistan (Ghazni) Indospirifer sp. (75096)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Brevispirifer sp. (213759)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Koneprusy) Amoenospirifer amoenoides, Pinguispirifer infirmus (12257)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Allanella tullia (91246)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Ghazni) Indospirifer padaukpinensis (84669)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Guangxi) Indospirifer sp. (13169)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Spirifer tullius (9664 9704 9898 9899 9901 9902 9903 9906)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Aragon) Adolfia sp. (40446)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Indospirifer pseudowilliamsi (84384 84385)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Sichuan) Indospirifer changuliensis (74633)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Vardak) Indospirifer sp. (84627)
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)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Allanella allani (35486 35487)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Libya Adolfia termierae (35617)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Missouri) Allanella annae (93850)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4China Howittia dushanensis (212695)
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 - 379.0Belgium Spirifer ibergensis (234782)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France Adolfia sauvagei (38690) Adolfia sauvagei, Rigauxia acutosina (38687)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (Iowa) Allanella cardinalis (35493)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Allanella allani (3396)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New Mexico) Acutatheca prolifica (219869) Acutatheca prolifica, Indospirifer exfoliata (219871)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Acutatheca propira, Indospirifer orestes (35502) Adolfia sp. (3407) Allanella allani (35488) Allanella cardinalis (35494 35495) Indospirifer orestes (35497 35499)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Afghanistan (Ghazni) Adolfia sp. (84662) Adolfia sp., Adolfia pseudomultifida (75118)
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 - 372.15Iran Rigauxia hutkensis (62126)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Belgium (Frasnes) Acutatheca rigauxi (235111)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France (Boulonnais) Adolfia sauvagei (65795 65814 65829 65830) Adolfia sauvagei, Rigauxia acutosina (65817) Rigauxia acutosina (65816)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Arizona) Indospirifer orestes (6856 6857 6859 6862 6863 6867 6873 6874 6875 6876)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France Adolfia sauvagei (38686 38691)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86Afghanistan (Vardak) Adolfia sp. (84635)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2France Adolfia sp. (3398)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Alaska) Adolfispirifer sanjuanensis (3102)
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)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Indospirifer orestes (35503)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) Adolfia multifida, Adolfia zickzack, Adolfia loriger, Adolfia laevigata (84381)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (Arizona) Indospirifer orestes (3374)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Afghanistan (Herat) Cyrtospirifer crassiplicatus (70159 70161)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (New Mexico) Hispidaria posterogranulosa, Hispidaria spinosa (231558) Hispidaria spinosa (231555 231557)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Adolfia kennedyensis (46866 46867)