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Crassispirifer rostalinus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer rostalinus was named by Hosking (1931). Its type specimen is GSWA1/4949X and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Crassispirifer.

It was recombined as Crassispirifer rostalinus by Archbold and Thomas (1985), Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Spirifer rostalinus Hosking p. 24 figs. Pl 8, fig 3; pl 8A, fig 4; pl 11, figs 1,2
1985Crassispirifer rostalinus Archbold and Thomas p. 285 figs. 9A-G, 10A-J
2004Crassispirifer rostalinus 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
genusCrassispirifer
speciesrostalinus(Hosking 1931)

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.

Crassispirifer rostalinus Hosking 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height328.613.945.537.116.4
valve height123.8----

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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Crassispirifer rostalinus (84572 85991 85996) Spirifera sp. (131883)