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Fusispirifer byroensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer byroensis was named by Glauert (1912). Its type specimen is WAM 1650 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Byro Station (WAM coll), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Spirifera byroensis by Etheridge (1915); it was recombined as Fusispirifer byroensis by Archbold and Thomas (1987), Archbold (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Spirifer byroensis Glauert p. 75
1915Spirifera byroensis Etheridge Jr. p. 25 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; pl 5, fig 5; pl 6, figs 1-5
1987Fusispirifer byroensis Archbold and Thomas p. 181 figs. 3A-H, 4A-F
1996Fusispirifer byroensis Archbold p. 34

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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
speciesbyroensis()

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 byroensis Glauert 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height216.916.817.016.90.148

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Fusispirifer byroensis (66122 85989 95042 101248 117163) Spirifer byroensis (131883)