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Neospirifer mansuetus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Neospirifer mansuetus was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152913e, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Neospirifer mansuetus Cooper and Grant p. 2184 figs. Pl 603, figs 1-29; pl 604, figs 1-27; pl 605, figs 1-9

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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
genusNeospiriferFredericks 1919
speciesmansuetus

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 mansuetus Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height307.880.80041.37.9511.1

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Neospirifer mansuetus (43491 43492 43493 43494 43498 43501 43504 43510 43515 43516 43574 44519 81638 81946 101785 101811 105687 105848 105878 105882 105885 105931 105935 105938 105939 105980 106018 106114)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Neospirifer mansuetus (105807)