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Hysterolitidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae

Taxonomy
Hysterolitidae was named by Termier and Termier (1949). Its type is Hysterolites.

It was assigned to Delthyridoidea by Johnson (1995), Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Hysterolitidae Termier and Termier
1995Hysterolitidae Johnson
2006Hysterolitidae Williams et al. p. 1827

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyDelthyridoideaPhillips 1841
familyHysterolitidaeTermier and Termier 1949
familyHysterolitidaeTermier and Termier 1949

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.

Fm. †Hysterolitidae Termier and Termier 1949
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Subfm. †Fimbrispiriferinae Pitrat 1965
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G. †Fimbrispirifer Cooper 1942
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G. †Struveina
Subfm. †Hysterolitinae Termier and Termier 1949
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G. †Arduspirifer Mittmeyer 1972
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Invalid names: Concinnispirifer [synonym]
G. †Dixonella
G. †Dyticospirifer Johnson 1966
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G. †Euryspirifer Wedekind 1926
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Euryspirifer assimilis Fuchs 1915
G. †Hysterolites von Schlotheim 1820
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Hysterolites piger Talent 1963
Hysterolites pinguis Talent 1963
Hysterolites tritus Talent 1963
G. †Patriaspirifer Johnson 1995
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Patriaspirifer kobehana Merriam 1940
Patriaspirifer murchisoni Castelneau 1843
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Invalid names: Neodelthyris [synonym]
G. †Sollispirifer Mittmeyer 2008
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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 425.00000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (335 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Australia (Victoria) Hysterolites lilydalensis (25653)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) Hysterolites lilydalensis (7196)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain (Palencia) Brachyspirifer rousseaui (40347)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Concinnispirifer sp. (26697)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Hysterolites lilydalensis (25651)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam Hysterolites sp., Hysterolites wangi (83247) Hysterolites wangi (83240 83290 83318)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47USA (New York) Hysterolites perimele (75469) Hysterolites sp. (75466 75470)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Antarctica Australospirifer iheringi (35566)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Canada (Ontario) Fimbrispirifer sp., Fimbrispirifer divaricatus, Acrospirifer duodenaria (40058)
Helderbergian419.62 - 393.47USA (California) Dyticospirifer sp., Acrospirifer kobehana (24870)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Arduspirifer sp. (235178)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Fimbrispirifer sp. (670) Paraspirifer acuminatus (9675) Paraspirifer sp. (669)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Mauritania Paraspirifer sp. (62054)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Paraspirifer acuminatus (94410) Paraspirifer sp. (8959 8968 8969 8972 8973)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Paraspirifer bownockeri (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31South Africa (Western Cape) Australospirifer antarctica (77959)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Spirifer divaricatus (170009)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Paraspirifer bownockeri (38457 38458 38459 38460 38461 38462)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Euryspirifer cheehiel (84383)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) Australospirifer antarcticus, Brachyspirifer palmerae, Paraspirifer sp. (36012)