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Spiriferellina orientalis
Taxonomy
Spiriferina orientalis was named by Frech (1911) [As Spiriferina ornata var. orientalis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lou-Mé-J, which is in a Guadalupian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.
It was recombined as Genuspirifer orientalis by Liang (1990); it was recombined as Spiriferellina orientalis by Liao (1980) and Clapham (2015).
It was recombined as Genuspirifer orientalis by Liang (1990); it was recombined as Spiriferellina orientalis by Liao (1980) and Clapham (2015).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Spiriferina orientalis Frech p. 156 figs. Pl 27, figs 6a,b |
| 1980 | Spiriferellina orientalis Liao figs. Pl 8, figs 45-48 |
| 1990 | Genuspirifer orientalis Liang p. 391 figs. Pl 75, figs 2,7-9; pl 76, figs 1-15,31; text-fig 51 |
| 1990 | Punctospirifer shenzhouensis Liang p. 397 figs. Pl 75, figs 4,17 |
| 1990 | Metriolepis asiatica Liang p. 399 figs. Pl 75, fig 5 |
| 1990 | Metriolepis pollostosa Liang p. 400 figs. Pl 75, fig 3 |
| 2015 | Spiriferellina orientalis Clapham |
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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.
†Spiriferellina orientalis Frech 1911
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Invalid names: Metriolepis asiatica Liang 1990 [synonym], Metriolepis pollostosa Liang 1990 [synonym], Punctospirifer shenzhouensis Liang 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 8.17 | 5.50 | 10.0 | 8.70 | 1.74 |
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Guadalupian | China (Yunnan) | Spiriferina orientalis (139252) | |
| Capitanian | China (Zhejiang) | Genuspirifer orientalis (95519) Genuspirifer orientalis, Punctospirifer shenzhouensis, Metriolepis asiatica (111933) Metriolepis pollostosa (111932) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Spiriferellina orientalis (112127) |