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Neospirifer apothescelus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy

Neospirifer apothescelus was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154599a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. bakeri, N. dunbari, N. dunbari, N. dunbari, N. fascicostatus, N. fasciger, N. gorei, N. kimsariformis, N. latus, N. leoncitensis, N. marcoui, N. pattersoni, N. senilis, N. stratioparadocus, N. tewaensis, Spirifer cameratus, Spirifer cameratus, Spirifer marcoui, Spirifer musakheylensis, Spirifer ravana, Spirifer trimuensis, Spirifer warchensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Neospirifer apothescelus Cooper and Grant p. 2176 figs. Pl 595, figs 1-20

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Spiriferida
suborder	Spiriferidina
superfamily	Spiriferoidea	()
family	Trigonotretidae
subfamily	Neospiriferinae
genus	Neospirifer	Fredericks 1919
species	apothescelus

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.

†Neospirifer apothescelus Cooper and Grant 1976

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	16	6.73	1.70	28.0	7.30	6.42

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 Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (Texas)	Neospirifer apothescelus (43477 43486 43489 43506 43521 43538)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	USA (Texas)	Neospirifer apothescelus (43468 43474 43475 43481 75939 75952 105594 105824)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	USA (Texas)	Neospirifer apothescelus (102612)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	USA (Texas)	Neospirifer apothescelus (105720)