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Acrospiriferinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Acrospiriferinae was named by Termier and Termier (1949).

It was assigned to Acrospiriferidae by Williams et al. (2006); and to Delthyrididae by Bassett and Cocks (1974), Boucot et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Acrospiriferinae Termier and Termier
1974Acrospiriferinae Bassett and Cocks
2006Acrospiriferinae Williams et al. p. 1836
2008Acrospiriferinae Boucot et al.

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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
superfamilyDelthyridoideaPhillips 1841
familyAcrospiriferidaeTermier and Termier 1949
subfamilyAcrospiriferinaeTermier and Termier 1949
subfamilyAcrospiriferinaeTermier and Termier 1949

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. †Acrospiriferinae Termier and Termier 1949
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G. †Acrospirifer Wedekind 1926
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Acrospirifer kleinhampli Merriam 1973
Acrospirifer murchisoni Castelneau 1843
G. †Xerospirifer Havlicek 1978
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 Lochkovian to the top of the Frasnian or 419.62000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (136 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (24815)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02New Zealand Acrospirifer arduennensis (40534)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (3993 3996)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam Acrospirifer sp. (83240)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47USA (New York) Acrospirifer macrothyris (75471)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Ontario) Acrospirifer sp. (40058)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Peru Acrospirifer atlanticus (36140 36141 36142)
Gedinnine - Emsian419.62 - 393.47USA (New Hampshire) Acrospirifer murchisoni (48851)
Helderbergian419.62 - 393.47USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (25897)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.62 - 382.31Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35912 35913 35914 35915)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62France (Finistere) Mauispirifer sp. (6193)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Spain (Aragon) Acrospirifer sp., Mauispirifer sp. (40400)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Acrospirifer sp. (84388)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) Mauispirifer sp. (25696)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Germany (Eifel) Acrospirifer primaevus (24388 24619)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer kleinhampli (241381) Acrospirifer sp. (240829)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Venezuela Acrospirifer sp. (35894)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62United Kingdom (England) Acrospirifer primaevus (3701)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Moravia) Acrospirifer primaevus (25092 25099)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Acrospirifer lilydalensis (25713)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis, Acrospirifer laosensis (83291) Acrospirifer sp. (83241 83286 83326) Acrospirifer sp., Acrospirifer primaevus, Acrospirifer aculeatus, Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (83248)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (600 601)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Canada (Quebec) Acrospirifer murchisoni (598 599 662)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164732)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Acrospirifer fallax (40348)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35713)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China (Heilongjiang) Acrospirifer sp. (25844 25845)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) Acrospirifer fallax (40403)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Eifel) Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer gosseleti (24620)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Hysteriolithes arduennensis (238147)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer medius (25728 25729) Acrospirifer medius, Acrospirifer subregularis (4694) Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer hemirotundus, Acrospirifer subregularis (3981) Acrospirifer papaeoensis (25725) Acrospirifer sp. (25726 25730 25731 25801 25802 25805 25809 25810) Acrospirifer subregularis (3980)
Deer Parkian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164799 164800) Acrospirifer sp. (164689)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164794 164801)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47New Zealand Acrospirifer coxi, Mauispirifer hectori (40522 40525) Acrospirifer sp. (40529)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) Acrospirifer fallax, Acrospirifer n. sp. A, Acrospirifer n. sp. B, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38349)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (27420)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (West Virginia) Acrospirifer sp. (70109)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Libya Acrospirifer sp. (35632)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Sichuan) Acrospirifer medius (75916)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa Acrospirifer iheringi (35578 35584)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Guinea-Bissau Acrospiriferinae indet. (209301)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Niedersachsen) Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38350)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (27348)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35861 35862 35863 35864 35867 35869 35870 35871 35872 35873 35878 35879 35881 35885 35886 35889 35891 35976 35977 35980 35981)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Venezuela Acrospirifer sp. (35895 35896)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Amapa) Acrospirifer sp. (37136)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47United Kingdom (England) Mauispirifer sp. (38390)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer ordinaris (4822) Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer sp. (4812) Acrospirifer papoensis, Acrospirifer sp. (4810) Acrospirifer sp. (4692 4801 4815 4843 4865) Acrospirifer subregularis (4805) Acrospirifer subregularis, Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer sp. (4820) Acrospirifer subregularis, Acrospirifer sp. (4813) Xerospirifer heterosinus (4046)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Mauispirifer scutiformis (40351)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35715 35718)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain Acrospirifer sp. (62185)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer houershanensis (4024) Acrospirifer sp. (4864 25732) Xerospirifer fongi (4026 4029 4031)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Brazil (Para) Acrospirifer sp. (37137)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Acrospirifer supraspeciosus (60133 60446 60466)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Acrospirifer sp. (40040)
Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian393.47 - 358.86Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35883 35884)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Acrospirifer supraspeciosus (60140)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Heilongjiang) Acrospirifer grabaui (25871)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) Acrospirifer olssoni (36012)