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Neospirifer sterlitamakensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy

Spirifer sterlitamakensis was named by Gerassimov (1929).

It was recombined as Neospirifer sterlitamakensis by Waterhouse (1981), Kalashnikov (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. bakeri, N. dunbari, N. dunbari, N. dunbari, N. fascicostatus, N. fasciger, N. gorei, N. kimsariformis, N. latus, N. leoncitensis, N. marcoui, N. pattersoni, N. senilis, N. stratioparadocus, N. tewaensis, Spirifer cameratus, Spirifer cameratus, Spirifer marcoui, Spirifer musakheylensis, Spirifer ravana, Spirifer trimuensis, Spirifer warchensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1929	Spirifer sterlitamakensis Gerassimov
1981	Neospirifer sterlitamakensis Waterhouse p. 101 figs. Pl 25, figs 3-5; pl 26, figs 1-7
1998	Neospirifer sterlitamakensis Kalashnikov p. 47 figs. Pl 11, fig 2; pl 14, fig 6

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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	Spiriferida
suborder	Spiriferidina
superfamily	Spiriferoidea	()
family	Trigonotretidae
subfamily	Neospiriferinae
genus	Neospirifer	Fredericks 1919
species	sterlitamakensis	(Gerassimov 1929)

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 sterlitamakensis Gerassimov 1929

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	13.2

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

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	Russian Federation	Neospirifer sterlitamakensis (133081)
Cisuralian	298.9 - 274.4	Russian Federation	Neospirifer sterlitamakensis (110200)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	Thailand	Neospirifer sterlitamakensis (117142 221705 221706 221707)