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Orthospirifer missouriensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae

Taxonomy
Orthospirifer missouriensis was named by Pitrat (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 208024, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Orthospirifer.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Orthospirifer missouriensis Pitrat p. 389 figs. PL. 1, figs. 1-10; Pl. 2, figs. 1-4, 7-11; Text-fig. 1

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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
superfamilyCyrtospiriferoideaTermier and Termier 1949
familySpinocyrtiidaeIvanova 1959
genusOrthospirifer
speciesmissouriensis

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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available