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Australospirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae

Taxonomy
Australospirifer is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hysterolitinae by Johnson (1995), Williams et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Australospirifer Johnson p. 198
2002Australospirifer Sepkoski
2006Australospirifer Williams et al. p. 1830

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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
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyDelthyridoideaPhillips 1841
familyHysterolitidaeTermier and Termier 1949
subfamilyHysterolitinaeTermier and Termier 1949
genusAustralospirifer

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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Frasnian or 410.62000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Antarctica A. iheringi (35566)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Argentina A. antarcticus (25561)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Santa Cruz) A. hawkinsi (36093)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) A. sp. (37095)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Chuquisaca) A. hawkinsi (36040 36042 36049 36097 36098)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Tarija) A. hawkinsi (36051 36053 36054 36057)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Chiquitos) A. sp. (37094)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa A. antarcticus (35581 35588 35589 35590) A. antarcticus, A. ceres (35578 35584) A. antarcticus, A. sp. (a) (35582) A. sp. (35604)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (Cochabamba) A. hawkinsi (36075 36076)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia (La Paz) A. hawkinsi (36022 36023 36028)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uruguay A. sp. (37078)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Brazil (Parana) A. kayserianus, A. iheringi, A. antarcticus (37074) A. sp. (37080 37081 37082 37084 37093)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Parana) A. sp. (37104 37105 37106 37107)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Mato Grosso) A. sp. (37112 37115)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Colombia A. antarcticus (36018)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Santa Catarina) A. sp. (37103)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Bolivia A. hawkinsi (36118 36119 36120 36121 36122 36123 36124 36125 36127 36128 36129 36131)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Goias) A. sp. (37110 37111)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47South Africa A. antarcticus (35598 35599 35600)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Bolivia (Chuquisaca) A. hawkinsi (36046)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Bolivia (Tarija) A. hawkinsi (36059 36061 36062 36063)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95South Africa A. antarcticus (35593 35596) A. ceres (35603) A. ceres, A. antarcticus, A. sp. (35592)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Brazil (Parana) A. kayserianus, A. iheringi, A. antarcticus (37075)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Bolivia (Cochabamba) A. hawkinsi (36079)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Brazil (Santa Catarina) A. sp. (37141)
Eifelian - Frasnian393.47 - 372.15Brazil (Parana) A. kayserianus, A. iheringi, A. antarcticus (37076)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31South Africa (Western Cape) A. antarctica (77959)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) A. antarcticus (36012)