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Alatiformia

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Alatiformia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Spinocyrtiidae by Williams et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Alatiformia Sepkoski
2006Alatiformia Williams et al. p. 1722

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyCyrtospiriferoideaTermier and Termier 1949
familySpinocyrtiidaeIvanova 1959
genusAlatiformia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Eifelian or 399.50000 to 390.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) A. alatiformis (40418 40419)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47United Kingdom (England) A. alatiformis (38383)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco A. mischkei (221406)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) A. alatiformis (4862)
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Germany A. alatiformis (235161 235162)
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. alatiformis (235202)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Myanmar A. sp. (25737 64813)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany A. alatiformis (144943)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Spain (Aragon) A. alatiformis (40437) A. sp. (40433)