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Prospirinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Prospirinae Carter
2004Prospirinae Waterhouse
2006Prospirinae Williams et al. p. 1775

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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()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilyProspirinaeCarter 1974
subfamilyProspirinaeCarter 1974

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. †Prospirinae Carter 1974
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G. †Atylephorus Sartenaer and Plodowski 1996
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†Atylephorus tornacensis de Koninck 1883
G. †Kinghiria
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†Parallelora subsuavis Plodowski 1968
G. †Prospira
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†Prospira burnettensis Maxwell 1961
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 Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Mississippian or 372.20000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (195 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian - Carboniferous419.2 - 298.9USA (Montana, and Wyoming) Unispirifer missioncanyonensis (12387)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6China Parallelora obesa (162317)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Afghanistan (Herat) Eobrachythyris strunianus (70159)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Iran Prospira struniana (62164)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Canada (Alberta) Parallelora marionensis (35545)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Russian Federation Parallelora marionensis, Unispirifer mediocris (80103)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7France Prospira struniana (235117) Prospira struniana, Prospira pseudostruniana (235115 235120) Unispirifer sp. (38641)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China Unispirifer tornacensis (162314 162315)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium Unispirifer sp. (235221)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8France Unispirifer sp. (38642)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Arkansas) Prospira latior (5613)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) Unispirifer minnewankensis (62482)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom Unispirifer clathratus (62873)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Libya Prospira platycosta (35635 36841) Prospira sp. (35627) Unispirifer unicus (35630 36829)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China (Xinjiang) Parallelora marionensis (41759)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Prospira greenockensis (141604 141605 141608 141609 141610 141611 141612) Prospira greenockensis, Prospira legrandensis (141607) Unispirifer platynotus (3309)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Belgium Parallelora indet. (141617)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Austrochoristites solidus (217051) Austrochoristites solidus, Prospira tellebangensis, Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (46855) Prospira prima (46870) Prospira prima, Prospira sp. (46867) Prospira prima, Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (46866) Prospira sp., Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (46869) Prospira tellebangensis (46871 46872) Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (5615 58011 58013 58015 58018 217053)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Unispirifer sp., Unispirifer tornacensis (8763) Unispirifer tornacensis (8688 8689 8694 8696 8698 8701 8703 8709 8730 8738 8761 8762)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7China Unispirifer tornacensis (162313)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Idaho) Prospira albapinensis (141457 141466 141467) Prospira albapinensis, Unispirifer minnewankensis (141464)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Alberta) Prospira albapinensis (67259 67274 67278 67298 67303 67308 67320 67339) Prospira albapinensis, Prospira fessaulacis (67337) Prospira albapinensis, Unispirifer greenockensis (67245 67255 67305) Prospira albapinensis, Unispirifer minnewankensis (67300 67338) Prospira fessaulacis (67261 67268 67280 67281 67282 67283 67284 67292) Prospira fessaulacis, Unispirifer minnewankensis (67258) Unispirifer greenockensis (67237 67238 67239 67240 67241 67242 67244 67247 67252 67262 67319 67334 67335 67336) Unispirifer greenockensis, Unispirifer minnewankensis (67248) Unispirifer minnewankensis (67293 67294 67295 67301 67307 67309 67310 67311 67313 67314 67317 67321 67322 67323 67324 67326 67327 67329 67330 67331 67332)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Illinois) Parallelora nupera (5695 5801) Parallelora nupera, Unispirifer senex (5795)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Prospira tellebangensis (46856 46858 46859 46860 46862)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Unispirifer rundlensis (6760 6787)
Kinderhookian - Virgilian358.9 - 298.9USA (California) Unispirifer sp. (588)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Afghanistan Spirifer subsuavis (116394 116395)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Unispirifer tornacensis (8702)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Iran (Markazi) Atylephorus sp. (216579) Unispirifer stratoconvolutus, Atylephorus sp. indet. (216562)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Ireland Spirifer tornacensis (76497)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland Spirifer tornacensis (76515)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Unispirifer rundlensis (6758) Unispirifer rundlensis, Unispirifer sp. (6778) Unispirifer sp. (6735)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (California) Unispirifer sp. (225977 225978)
Osagean - Meramecian352.0 - 335.5USA (California) Unispirifer sp. (225975)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) Unispirifer sp. (50254)
Chadian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) Unispirifer heshilafuensis, Unispirifer tornacensis (50253)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (Queensland) Prospira burnettensis (145044) Unispirifer sp. (40008)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (5603 5605 46873 46876 46877 46880 46882 46895 46896 46908 46909 46910 46911 46913 46916 46917 46920 46923 46924 46926 46932 46933 46938 46941 46947 58025 58031 58142 58143 58147 62638)
Visean346.7 - 330.9China (Xinjiang) Unispirifer minnewankensis (41758)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Unispirifer lateralis (6698 6699)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9China (Xinjiang) Unispirifer sp. (50255)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Prospira sp., Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (8222) Unispirifer striatoconvolutus (8221)
Chesterian - Virgilian335.5 - 298.9USA (California) Unispirifer sp. (589)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (California) Unispirifer sp. (143606 143607 143608 143615 143624)