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Aperispirifer wairakiensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Neospirifer wairakiensis was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS BR482 and is a mold. Its type locality is GS6323, east tributary of Letham Burn (D44/f9672), which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Aperispirifer wairakiensis by Waterhouse (1968), Waterhouse (1982), Parfrey (1988), Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Neospirifer wairakiensis Waterhouse p. 127 figs. Pl 23, figs 4-10; pl 24, figs 1-3; pl 25, figs 1-7; pl 35, fig 4; text-figs 56-58,59A,60,61A,B,62,63
1968Aperispirifer wairakiensis Waterhouse p. 35
1982Aperispirifer wairakiensis Waterhouse p. 54 figs. Pl 15a
1988Aperispirifer wairakiensis Parfrey p. 17 figs. Pl 3, figs 14,18,20,21,23-25; pl 4, fig 1
2004Aperispirifer wairakiensis 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
subfamilyTrigonotretinae
genusAperispirifer
specieswairakiensis()

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.

†Aperispirifer wairakiensis Waterhouse 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height430.227.038.028.55.07

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 Wuchiapingian or 283.30000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4New Zealand (Southland) Neospirifer wairakiensis (41776)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9New Zealand (Southland) Neospirifer wairakiensis (type locality: 41781)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Aperispirifer wairakiensis (105011 209008 209011 209015)