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Spiriferina kiparisovae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Taxonomy

Spiriferina kiparisovae was named by Dagys (1965). Its type specimen is IGiG 262/118 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suputinka River, Primorye, which is in a Tuvalian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. alata, S. ascendens, S. betcalcis, S. billingsi, S. chilensis, S. cristata, S. haueri, S. hirsuta, S. holtzapfeli, S. kentuckensis, S. koeveskalliensis, S. madagascariensis, S. mojsisovicsiana, S. muensteri, S. muensteri, S. munsteri, S. munsteri, S. oppeli, S. oxyptera, S. panderi, S. parvula, S. pia, S. pinguis, S. pinquis, S. rostrata, S. solidirostrus, S. subelliptica, S. sublilangense, S. subtexta, S. trigonella, S. walcoti, S. ampla, S. koeveskalliensis, S. mentzeli, S. mentzelii, S. bilotensis, S. cristata, S. salemensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1965	Spiriferina kiparisovae Dagys p. 126 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-8; pl 22, fig 1

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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	Spiriferinida	Ivanova 1972
suborder	Spiriferinidina	Ivanova 1972
superfamily	Spiriferinoidea	(Davidson 1884)
family	Spiriferinidae	Davidson 1884
subfamily	Spiriferininae	Davidson 1884
genus	Spiriferina	d'Orbigny 1847
species	kiparisovae

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.

†Spiriferina kiparisovae Dagys 1965

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	8.41	7.00	10.0	8.50	1.50

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 18:08:52

Modified:

2018-11-10 18:08:52

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	China (Guizhou)	Spiriferina kiparisovae (95180)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Russian Federation	Spiriferina kiparisovae (128134 type locality: 128135)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray)	Spiriferina kiparisovae (98281)