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Acrospiriferidae
Taxonomy
Acrospiriferidae was named by Termier and Termier (1949). Its type is Acrospirifer.
It was assigned to Delthyridoidea by Williams et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Delthyridoidea by Williams et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Acrospiriferidae Termier and Termier |
| 2006 | Acrospiriferidae Williams et al. p. 1836 |
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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. †Acrospiriferidae Termier and Termier 1949
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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. †Mauispirifer
G. †Xerospirifer Havlicek 1978
Subfm. †Costispiriferinae Termier and Termier 1949
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G. †Costispirifer Copper 1942
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†Costispirifer arenosus Conrad 1839
†Costispirifer arenosus dobbinensis Merriam 1973
†Costispirifer unicus Hall 1867
G. †Cumberlandina
Subfm. †Elymospiriferinae Johnson and Hou 1994
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G. †Elymospirifer Wang 1974
G. †Multispirifer
G. †Perryspirifer Jones and Boucot 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Frasnian or 419.62000 to 372.15000 Ma
Collections (144 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lochkovian | New Zealand | Acrospirifer arduennensis (40534) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (New York) | Acrospirifer sp. (24815) | |
| Helderbergian - Pragian | Australia (Victoria) | Acrospiriferidae indet. (25651) | |
| Lochkovian - Pragian | China (Guangxi) | Acrospirifer sp. (3993 3996) | |
| Lochkovian - Pragian | Vietnam | Acrospirifer sp. (83240) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Peru | Acrospirifer atlanticus (36140 36141 36142) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Canada (Ontario) | Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp., Costispirifer billingsianus, Costispirifer unicus (40058) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | USA (New York) | Acrospirifer macrothyris (75471) Costispirifer arenosa (75468) | |
| Gedinnine - Emsian | USA (New Hampshire) | Acrospirifer murchisoni (48851) | |
| Helderbergian | USA (New York) | Acrospirifer sp. (25897) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian | Colombia | Acrospirifer sp. (35912 35913 35914 35915) | |
| Pragian | Vietnam | Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis, Acrospirifer laosensis (83291) Acrospirifer sp. (83241 83286 83326) Acrospirifer sp., Acrospirifer primaevus, Acrospirifer aculeatus, Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (83248) | |
| Pragian | Czechia (Moravia) | Acrospirifer primaevus (25092 25099) | |
| Pragian | USA (Nevada) | Acrospirifer kleinhampli, Costispirifer arenosus (241381) Acrospirifer sp. (240829) | |
| Pragian | Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) | Acrospirifer sp. (84388) | |
| Pragian | USA (New York) | Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (600 601) | |
| Pragian | Venezuela | Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (35894) | |
| Pragian | Germany (Eifel) | Acrospirifer primaevus (24388 24619) | |
| Pragian | United Kingdom (England) | Acrospirifer primaevus (3701) | |
| Pragian | France (Finistere) | Mauispirifer sp. (6193) | |
| Pragian | Canada (Quebec) | Acrospirifer murchisoni (598 662) Acrospirifer murchisoni, Costispirifer arenosus (599) | |
| Pragian | Australia (New South Wales) | Mauispirifer sp. (25696) | |
| Pragian | Australia (Victoria) | Acrospirifer lilydalensis (25713) | |
| Pragian | Spain (Aragon) | Acrospirifer sp., Mauispirifer sp. (40400) | |
| Siegen | USA (Nevada) | Acrospirifer murchisoni (164732) | |
| Pragian - Emsian | Spain (Palencia) | Acrospirifer fallax (40348) | |
| Pragian - Emsian | Algeria | Costispirifer trigeri (27181) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | China (Heilongjiang) | Acrospirifer sp. (25844 25845) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | China (Guangxi) | Acrospirifer medius, Acrospirifer subregularis, Elymospirifer kwangensis (4694) Acrospirifer medius, Elymospirifer sp. (25728 25729) Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer hemirotundus, Acrospirifer subregularis, Elymospirifer kwangsiensis (3981) Acrospirifer papaeoensis (25725) Acrospirifer sp. (25805 25809 25810) Acrospirifer sp., Elymospirifer sp. (25726 25730 25731 25801 25802) Acrospirifer subregularis (3980) Elymospirifer kwangsiensis (3984) Elymospirifer sp. (25803) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Hysteriolithes arduennensis (238147) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Spain (Aragon) | Acrospirifer fallax (40403) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Russian Federation | Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35713) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Eifel) | Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer gosseleti (24620) | |
| Deer Parkian | USA (Nevada) | Acrospirifer murchisoni (164799) Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (164689) Costispirifer sp., Acrospirifer murchisoni (164800) | |
| Emsian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38350) | |
| Emsian | USA (West Virginia) | Acrospirifer sp. (70109) | |
| Emsian | Guinea-Bissau | Acrospiriferinae indet. (209301) | |
| Emsian | Germany (Hessen) | Acrospirifer fallax, Acrospirifer n. sp. A, Acrospirifer n. sp. B, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38349) | |
| Emsian | South Africa | Acrospirifer iheringi (35578 35584) | |
| Emsian | New Zealand | Acrospirifer coxi, Mauispirifer hectori (40522 40525) Acrospirifer sp. (40529) | |
| Emsian | China (Sichuan) | Acrospirifer medius (75916) | |
| Emsian | Libya | Acrospirifer sp. (35632) | |
| Emsian | USA (Nevada) | Costispirifer sp., Acrospirifer murchisoni (164794 164801) | |
| Emsian | China (Guangxi) | Acrospirifer sp. (27420) | |
| Zlichovian | China (Guangxi) | Acrospirifer sp. (27348) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Canada (Ontario) | Costispirifer sp., Costispirifer arenosus (40039) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Brazil (Amapa) | Acrospirifer sp. (37136) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Colombia | Acrospirifer sp. (35861 35862 35863 35864 35867 35869 35870 35871 35872 35873 35878 35879 35881 35885 35886 35889 35891 35976 35977 35980 35981) | |
| Emsian - Eifelian | Venezuela | Acrospirifer sp. (35895 35896) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Russian Federation | Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35715 35718) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Spain | Acrospirifer sp. (62185) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | United Kingdom (England) | Mauispirifer sp. (38390) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | China (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 Emsian | USA (New York) | Costispirifer unicus (232948) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Spain (Palencia) | Mauispirifer scutiformis (40351) | |
| Eifelian | Brazil (Para) | Acrospirifer sp. (37137) | |
| Eifelian | Canada (Ontario) | Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (40040) | |
| Eifelian | China (Guangxi) | Acrospirifer houershanensis (4024) Acrospirifer sp. (4864 25732) Xerospirifer fongi (4026 4029 4031) | |
| Eifelian | Germany | Acrospirifer supraspeciosus (60133 60446 60466) | |
| Eifelian | USA (New York) | Costispirifer arenosus (9537) | |
| Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian | Colombia | Acrospirifer sp. (35883 35884) | |
| Late/Upper Eifelian | Germany | Acrospirifer supraspeciosus (60140) | |
| Givetian | China (Heilongjiang) | Acrospirifer grabaui (25871) | |
| Frasnian | Colombia (Boyaca) | Acrospirifer olssoni (36012) |