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Fusispirifer nitiensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer nitiensis was named by Diener (1897). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Productus Shale Formation of India.

It was recombined as Spirifer (Neospirifer) fasciger nitiensis by Reed (1931); it was recombined as Neospirifer nitiensis by Fantini Sestini (1965); it was recombined as Fusispirifer nitiensis by Waterhouse (1966), Waterhouse (1978), Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Spirifer nitiensis Diener p. 41 figs. Pl 4, figs 4,5a-c
1903Spirifer nitiensis Diener pp. 106, 188 figs. Pl 4, figs 6,7
1915Spirifer nitiensis Diener p. 85
1931Spirifer (Neospirifer) fasciger nitiensis Reed p. 20 figs. Pl 4, figs 10,10a, 11
1965Neospirifer nitiensis Fantini Sestini p. 141 figs. Pl 20, fig 1
1966Fusispirifer nitiensis Waterhouse p. 44 figs. Pl 9, fig 5; pl 11, figs 1,3,4; pl 12, fig 1
1978Fusispirifer nitiensis Waterhouse p. 94 figs. Pl 17, figs 1,6
2004Fusispirifer nitiensis Waterhouse

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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()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusFusispirifer
speciesnitiensis()

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.

†Fusispirifer nitiensis Diener 1897
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1966Transverse shells with low umbones, narrow sulcus posteriorly,
low short plicae and moderately strong costae.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height233.118.061.039.530.4

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 Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Fusispirifer nitiensis (82076)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India Spirifer nitiensis (46291 type locality: 107358 230621 230630 230634)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Spirifer fasciger (236231 236232)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Spirifer fasciger (236244)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India Spirifer nitiensis (230329 230330 230331 230849)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Fusispirifer nitiensis (120444 120449)