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Fusispirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Spirifera avicula Sowerby p. 160
1966Fusispirifer Waterhouse p. 43
2002Fusispirifer Sepkoski
2002Transversaria Sepkoski
2003Fusispirifer Shen et al. p. 86
2004Fusispirifer Waterhouse
2004Transversaria Waterhouse
2006Fusispirifer Williams et al. p. 1799

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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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
genusFusispirifer

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.

G. †Fusispirifer Waterhouse 1966
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Fusispirifer avicula Morris 1845
Fusispirifer byroensis Glauert 1912
Fusispirifer carnarvonensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer coolkilyaensis Archbold 1988
Fusispirifer cundlegoensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer jini Waterhouse 2004
Fusispirifer kennediensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer legrandblainae Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer nitiensis Diener 1897
Fusispirifer quinnaniensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer subovalis Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Fusispirifer wandageensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Invalid names: Spirifera avicula Sowerby 1844 [nomen vanum], Transversaria [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2024.915.061.024.010.6

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 Asselian to the top of the Changhsingian or 298.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Afghanistan F. sp. (88266)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Yunnan) F. sp. (61503)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Mongolia Neospirifer kedonensis (81140 112950)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xizang) F. gegyaiensis (118917)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) F. carnarvonensis (84484 85894 101223 101245 101246 101247 120568) Spirifera lata (101221 131598)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India F. sp. (89375)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) F. byroensis (66122 85989 95042 101248 117163) F. quinnaniensis (101251 101253 101254 101255 101256) F. sp. (66120 66182 66185 85986) F. wandageensis (84852) Spirifer byroensis (131883)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) F. sp. (66240)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Neospirifer kedonensis (102161 102162) Neospirifer subovalis (100676)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation F. nitiensis (82076)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) F. cundlegoensis (38895 101249 101250) F. sp. (83626 101214 101512) F. wandageensis (84353 84498 85208 85228 101213 101257 101258) Spirifer byroensis (106707)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Tasmania) F. avicula (51320)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Tasmania) F. avicula (51322) F. sp. (105423)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) F. coolkilyaensis (101204) F. kennediensis (83627 83633 84480 101252)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Russian Federation Neospirifer kedonensis (110273)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) F. sp. B (120324 120325 120543 120650)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) F. avicula (133293) Spirifera avicula (133344 133357)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) F. avicula (51313 51319) Spirifer avicula (134056)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Western Australia) F. avicula (74744)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Spirifer fasciger (236231 236232)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) F. pauciplicus (98101 103923 120331 120332 120539 120544 120658)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Tasmania) F. avicula (105432 105434)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (xizang) F. marcouiformis, F. semiplicata (60577)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India Spirifer nitiensis (46291 107358 230621 230630 230634)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) F. marcouiformis (121596 121599) F. marcouiformis, F. semiplicata (60579 60587) F. semiplicata (60583 60585 60586 121584 121590) F. sp. (42454)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Spirifer fasciger (236244)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India Spirifer nitiensis (230329 230330 230331 230849)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902China (Xizang) F. semiplicata (192077) F. semiplicata, F. marcouiformis (192079) F. sp. (192076)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) F. marcouiformis (121589) F. marcouiformis, F. semiplicata (60594)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal F. jini, Transversaria marcouiformis (62444 62448 120387) F. nitiensis (43182 43197 43216 43238 43266 120444 120449) F. sp. (43145) Transversaria marcouiformis (62445 62446 120386)