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Brachyspirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Brachyspirifer Johnson p. 198
2002Brachyspirifer Sepkoski
2006Brachyspirifer 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
genusBrachyspirifer

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 Lochkovian to the top of the Frasnian or 419.62000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain (Palencia) B. rousseaui (40347)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Germany (Eifel) B. crassicosta, B. transiens (24619)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Mauritania B. carinatus (27333)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47China (Nei Mongol) B. sp. (25757)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Eifel) B. crassicosta (24632 24633) B. crassicosta, B. transiens (24620)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany B. explanatus (74300 74301)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Eifel) Brachyspirifer indet. (24694 24695)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Nevada) B. pinyonoides (164735 164817 164818 164819 164828)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Morocco B. sp. (208094)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Colombia B. palmerae (36017)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (38391)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Luxembourg B. ignoratus (232220 232281)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) B. ignoratus (40419)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) B. palmerae (36012)