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Pterospirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pterospirifer was named by Dunbar (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: P Asse P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterospiriferinae by Waterhouse (2004), Williams et al. (2006).

Species
P. alatus (syn. Trigonotreta permiana, Spirifer undulatus), P. terechovi, P. waageni
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Allen on 2020-01-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pterospirifer Dunbar p. 128
2002Pterospirifer Sepkoski
2004Pterospirifer Waterhouse
2006Pterospirifer Williams et al. p. 1815

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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

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. †Pterospirifer Dunbar 1955
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†Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Spirifer undulatus Sowerby 1827 [synonym], Trigonotreta permiana King 1848 [synonym]
†Pterospirifer terechovi Zavodowsky 1968
†Pterospirifer waageni Waterhouse 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height615.310.626.314.66.50

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 Gzhelian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 303.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (66 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)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation P. terechovi (94863)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Spirifer alatus (211889)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (120244)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (112834)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Nunavut) P. alatus (11089)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (121745)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Alaska) P. sp. (102557)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. nov. (105423)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan P. alatus (118972)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) P. alatus (102543) P. sp. (102550 102563) Spirifer alatus (109334)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Paeckelmanella alata (109617)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer alatus (81501 97007)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (Yukon) P. sp. (120484)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) P. alatus (95218)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) P. alatus (94837)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Delthyris undulata (118856 118865) Terebratulites alatus (117893 117895)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) P. 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 P. alatus (110310) Spirifer undulatus (137886)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Spirifer undulatus (130870 130871) Spirifera alata (130867) Trigonotreta alata (130831)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. alatus (117552)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Canada (Nunavut) P. n. sp. (120895)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. alatus (46204)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greenland P. alatus (107364 107513 107514 107533 107537 107539 107543)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) Spirifer alatus (161504 161505) Spirifer undulatus (130907) Trigonotreta undulata (130771)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania P. alatus (45952 46170 46202 46203 46401 46402 46403 46410 46414 46415 46429 46430)