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Cyrtospirifer verneuili

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae

Taxonomy

Spirifer verneuili was named by Murchison (1840) [Spirifer Verneuili]. It is the type species of Cyrtospirifer.

It was recombined as Cyrtospirifer verneuili by Nalivkin (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. achmet, C. acutus, C. animasensis, C. asiaticus, C. bertrandi, C. breviposticus, C. brodi, C. calcaratus, C. carinatus, C. chaoi, C. conoideus, C. disjunctus, C. gallatinensis, C. grabaui, C. kindlei, C. lochengensis, C. monticola, C. ningbingensis, C. orthogoniformis, C. parilis, C. perryi, C. portae, C. quadratus, C. schelonicus, C. stolbovi, C. sulcifer, C. syringothyriformis, C. tenticulum, C. thalattodoxa, C. ussoffi, C. whitneyi, C. syringothyriformis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1840	Spirifer verneuili Murchison
1924	Cyrtospirifer verneuili Nalivkin

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Spiriferida
suborder	Spiriferidina
superfamily	Cyrtospiriferoidea	Termier and Termier 1949
family	Cyrtospiriferidae	Termier and Termier 1949
subfamily	Cyrtospiriferinae	Termier and Termier 1949
genus	Cyrtospirifer	Nalivkin 1924
species	verneuili	(Murchison 1840)

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.

†Cyrtospirifer verneuili Murchison 1840

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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

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 383.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Mauritania	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (62060)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Afghanistan (Vardak)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (84627)
Early/Lower Frasnian	383.7 - 382.4	Libya	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (36191)
Early/Lower Frasnian	383.7 - 382.4	France	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (38690)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	France (Boulonnais)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (65794 65813 65814 65815 65829 65830)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	Afghanistan (Ghazni)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (75117)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	Afghanistan (Vardak)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (84628 84630)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	Afghanistan (Herat)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (70153 70154)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	Libya	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (36197 36200)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	France	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (38685 38689 38691)
Frasnian - Famennian	382.7 - 358.9	Afghanistan (Vardak)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (84635)
Late/Upper Devonian	382.7 - 358.9	Iran	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (32707 32711 32712)
Middle Frasnian	382.4 - 379.5	France (Alsace)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (65764 65765)
Late/Upper Frasnian	379.5 - 376.1	Iran	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (32701)
Early/Lower Famennian	376.1 - 370.6	Germany (Sauerland)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (235126)
Famennian	372.2 - 358.9	Tajikistan	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (184357)
Late/Upper Famennian	364.7 - 360.7	United Kingdom (England)	Cyrtospirifer verneuili (38431 38438)