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Spirifer suborbicularis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Spirifer suborbicularis Hall p. 644
1914Brachythyris suborbicularis Weller pp. 374 - 376 figs. pl. 61, fig. 1-8; pl. 62, fig. 1-12

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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()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilySpiriferinae
genusSpirifer
speciessuborbicularisHall 1858

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-06 11:20:58
Modified: 2009-06-06 13:20:58
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Holkerian or 358.90000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Canada (Alberta) Brachythyris suborbicularis (8611)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Utah) Spirifer suborbicularis (218919)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Brachythyris suborbicularis (112171 112175)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Brachythyris suborbicularis (6673)
Osagean - Meramecian352.0 - 335.5USA (California) Brachythyris suborbicularis (225974)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) Brachythyris suborbicularis (50254)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Brachythyris suborbicularis (8115 8120 8121 8126 8135 8136)
Chadian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0China (Xinjiang) Brachythyris suborbicularis (50253)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Brachythyris suborbicularis (62434)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Brachythyris suborbicularis (6826)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (New Mexico) Brachythyris suborbicularis (10182)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) Brachythyris suborbicularis (2713)