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Pterospirifer alatus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Terebratulites alatus was named by von Schlotheim (1813).

It was recombined as Trigonotreta alata by King (1850); it was recombined as Spirifera alata by Davidson (1858); it was recombined as Spirifer alatus by Geinitz (1861), Waagen (1883); it was recombined as Paeckelmanella alata by Lee and Gu (1980), Li et al. (1986); it was recombined as Pterospirifer alatus by Dunbar (1955), Nelson and Nelson (1985), Waterhouse (2004), Tazawa et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Terebratulites alatus von Schlotheim p. 58 figs. Pl 2, figs 9a,b
1827Spirifer undulatus Sowerby p. 119 figs. Pl 557, fig 1
1841Delthyris undulata Geinitz p. 640
1848Spirifer undulatus Howse p. 254
1848Spirifer permianus King p. 7
1850Trigonotreta alata King p. 130 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-12
1850Trigonotreta undulata King p. 131 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3,13-17
1850Trigonotreta permiana King p. 133 figs. Pl 9, figs 18-24
1857Spirifer undulatus Howse p. 52
1858Spirifera alata Davidson p. 13 figs. Pl 1, figs 23-36; pl 2, figs 6, 7
1861Spirifer alatus Geinitz p. 87 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-7
1883Spirifer alatus Waagen p. 519
1899Spirifer undulatus Langenhan p. 51
1955Pterospirifer alatus Dunbar p. 129
1980Paeckelmanella alata Lee and Gu p. 406 figs. Pl 175, figs 10,11
1985Pterospirifer alatus Nelson and Nelson figs. Pl 1, fig 19
1986Paeckelmanella alata Li et al. figs. Pl 5, fig 11
2004Pterospirifer alatus Waterhouse
2015Pterospirifer alatus Tazawa et al. p. 45 figs. 6.11, 6.12

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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
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyPterospiriferinae
genusPterospirifer
speciesalatus()

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.

†Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Spirifer undulatus Sowerby 1827 [synonym], Trigonotreta permiana King 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height413.610.626.311.17.69

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 22:12:52
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 Wuchiapingian or 303.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Alaska) Spirifer alatus (111915)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Paeckelmanella alata (134310)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Spirifer alatus (211889)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) Pterospirifer alatus (11089)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Paeckelmanella alata (109617)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) Pterospirifer alatus (95218)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Pterospirifer alatus (118972)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) Pterospirifer alatus (102543) Spirifer alatus (109334)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) Pterospirifer alatus (94837)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) Spirifer alatus (161504 161505) Spirifer undulatus (130907) Trigonotreta undulata (130771)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Delthyris undulata (118856 118865) Terebratulites alatus (117893 117895)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Pterospirifer alatus (24085 109717 109720) Spirifer undulatus (116167 116168 117879) Spirifera alata (110500) Trigonotreta undulata, Trigonotreta permiana (130766) Trigonotreta undulata, Trigonotreta permiana, Trigonotreta alata (130765)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Poland Pterospirifer alatus (110310) Spirifer undulatus (137886)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Spirifer undulatus (130870 130871) Spirifera alata (130867) Trigonotreta alata (130831)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Pterospirifer alatus (46204)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Pterospirifer alatus (45952 46170 46202 46203 46401 46402 46403 46410 46414 46415 46429 46430)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greenland Pterospirifer alatus (107364 107513 107514 107533 107537 107539 107543)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pterospirifer alatus (117552)