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Choristitidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Taxonomy
Choristitidae was named by Waterhouse (1968). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Carter and Poletaev (1998); and to Spiriferoidea by Shen et al. (2003), Waterhouse (2004) and Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Choristitidae Waterhouse
1998Choristitidae Carter and Poletaev p. 162
2003Choristitidae Shen et al. p. 242
2004Choristitidae Waterhouse
2006Choristitidae Williams et al. p. 1780

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
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phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968

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. †Choristitidae Waterhouse 1968
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Subfm. †Angiospiriferinae Legrand-Blain 1985
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G. †Angiospirifer Legrand-Blain 1985
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†Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
Tr. †Angiospiriferini Legrand-Blain 1985
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G. †Unicostatina Waterhouse 2004
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†Unicostatina subglobosa Clarke 1990
G. †Brachythyrina Frederiks 1929
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†Brachythyrina arctica Gobbett 1963
†Brachythyrina boonlomi Waterhouse 2004
†Brachythyrina byrangi Chernyak 1963
†Brachythyrina gobbetti Shi and Waterhouse 1991
†Brachythyrina jakovlevi Ivanova 1958
†Brachythyrina lata Chao 1929
†Brachythyrina rectangula Kutorga 1844
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Invalid names: Spirifer trigonalis Martin 1809 [synonym]
†Brachythyrina sibirica Chernyak 1963
†Brachythyrina strangwaysi de Verneuil 1845
†Brachythyrina tricostata Solomina 1988
Invalid names: Anelasmina Semikhatova 1939 [synonym], Brachythyrina rectanguliformis Zhan 2007 [nomen nudum]
G. †Elinoria Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
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†Elinoria carnica Schellwien 1892
†Elinoria komiensis Kalashnikov 1998
G. †Eobrachythyrina Lazarev and Poletaev 1982
Tr. †Georginakingiini Waterhouse 2004
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G. †Georginakingia Waterhouse 2004
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†Georginakingia avicula Morris 1845
G. †Varuna Waterhouse 2004
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†Varuna varuna Diener 1915
Subfm. †Choristitinae Waterhouse 1968
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G. †Alphachoristites Gatinaud 1949
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†Alphachoristites trautscholdi Stuckenberg 1905
Invalid names: Trautscholdia Ustritsky 1967 [synonym]
G. †Choristites Fischer de Waldheim 1825
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†Choristites anikeevi Einor 1939
†Choristites fritschi Schellwien 1892
†Choristites glennfoxi Crickmay 1952
†Choristites heritschi Gauri 1965
†Choristites loeyensis Yanagida 1967
†Choristites mosquensis Fischer 1825
†Choristites pavlovi Stuckenberg 1905
†Choristites poststriatus Ivanov and Ivanova 1937
†Choristites priscus Eichwald 1840
†Choristites sophiae Ilovaisky 1926
†Choristites subnikitini Grabau 1934
†Choristites taimyrensis Chernyak 1963
†Choristites wutzuensis Ozaki 1931
G. †Parachoristites Barchatova 1968
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†Parachoristites carus Barchatova 1968
†Parachoristites volongaensis Barchatova 1968
Subfm. †Tangshanellinae Carter 1994
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G. †Alphaneospirifer Gatinaud 1949
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Invalid names: Semibrachythyrina pyramidiformis Liang 1982 [synonym]
Invalid names: Semibrachythyrina [synonym]
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†Tangshanella byrangi Chernyak 1963
†Tangshanella nakakuboensis Yanagida and Hirata 1969
†Tangshanella taimyrica Einor 1939
G. †Zhejiangospirifer Liang 1982
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†Zhejiangospirifer giganteus Shen et al. 2003
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 Mississippian to the top of the Changhsingian or 358.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (215 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (California) Choristites glennfoxi (226745 226746 226769 226770 226800 226801 226811)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7India Spirifer strangwaysi (230343)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California) Choristites sp. (12346)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Spirifer bisulcatus (112164) Spirifer trigonalis (111910)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Egypt (Sinai) Brachythyrina sp. (5534)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (5971 5972 5983)
Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (5984)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Spirifer bisulcatus (92526)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Egypt Brachythyrina sp. (46983)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (5985 5991 5992 5994 5995)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (5987) Spirifer bisulcatus, Spirifer trigonalis (5986)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Spirifer trigonalis (6450 6451 6456)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (73390 73392 73393 73396 73399 73400 73420 73422 73423 73424 73427 73431 76172)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Wyoming) Brachythyrina washakiensis (5714)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) Brachythyrina washakiensis (5693)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (73467)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) Spirifer bisulcatus (67683)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2China (Xinjiang) Choristites gobicus, Choristites radiculosus, Choristites weiningensis, Choristites ustriskyi, Choristites sp. (58129) Choristites radiculosus, Choristites abnormalis (58130)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Pakistan (Karakorum) Choristites sp. (50552)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine Brachythyrina proba, Brachythyrina sp., Alphachoristites kschemyshensis, Alphachoristites pseudobisulcatus, Alphachoristites medovensis (228668)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Nepal Choristites sp. (67715)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation Parachoristites carus (128676 128677) Parachoristites volongaensis (128674 128675) Parachoristites volongaensis, Parachoristites carus (128672 128673)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2India Spirifer trigonalis (230686) Spirifer varuna (230685 230688 230689 230690 230692 230696)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Brachythyrina sp. (62694) Parachoristites tellevakensis, Elinoria ellesmerensis (62695)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) Choristites fritschi (101988)
Pennsylvanian - Permian323.2 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Choristites fritschi (102051)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Spain Brachythyrina strangwaysi (73298)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xizang) Brachythyrina abnormalis (132561)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0South Korea Choristites paichingiensis (128278 128279 128280) Choristites sp. (128281)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Elinoria ellesmerensis (62646) Parachoristites tellevakensis, Tangshanella sp., Trautscholdia sp., Elinoria ellesmerensis (62696)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Choristitella podolskensis (46633) Choristitella podolskensis, Choristites mosquensis (46635)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) Choristites orbitus (39158)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt Choristitella podolskensis, Choristites mosquensis (46988)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Malaysia Brachythyrina sp., Choristites sp. (120937) Choristites sp. (120939)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation Choristitella sp., Choristites sp. (63384)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xinjiang) Choristites breviculus, Choristites planus, Choristites latiangulatus, Choristites mosquensis (50250) Choristites gobicus, Choristites mosquensis (50244) Choristites loozyi, Choristites sp. (50245) Choristites radiculosus (58131)
Middle Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian315.2 - 298.9Canada (Yukon) Brachythyrina ufensis, Choristites ussensis (61573) Choristites ussensis (61634 61636)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Utah) Choristites fritschi (59857 59859) Choristites fritschi, Choristites pavlovi (59853 59858 59860 59862)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Russian Federation Elinoria carnica (133074)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9China (Xinjiang) Brachythyrina lata (50238) Brachythyrina strangwayi (50240 50241)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian307.0 - 273.01USA (California) Choristitella sp. (143616 143619)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guizhou) Choristites sp. (106534)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Italy Spirifer fritschi, Spirifer carnicus (130158)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Choristites sp., Brachythyrina rectangula, Brachythyrina strangwaysi, Brachythyrina lata (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Spirifer wynnei, Spirifer fritschii, Spirifer trigonalis, Spirifer carnicus (129658)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) Brachythyrina rectangula (134312) Choristites sp. (134311)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Jilin) Brachythyrina rectangula (150446)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China Tangshanella uzunbulakensis (62963)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation Trautscholdia sp. (110192) Trautscholdia trautscholdi (89383)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Japan Choristites sp., Choristites fritschi (116014) Tangshanella nakakuboensis (136384)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Yunnan) Brachythyrina peregrina (61492 61503 61504 61505)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Rostovskaya) Brachythyrina rectangula (126252)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Choristites loeyensis (116385 120945)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Henan) Choristites sp. (197054)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Xinjiang) Tangshanella uzunbulakensis (105229)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer fritschi, Spirifer trigonalis (233571)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation Choristites miloradovitschi (96746)
Cisuralian298.9 - 273.01Vietnam Spirifer fritschi (233575)
Wolfcampian - Leonardian298.9 - 273.01Canada (Yukon) Brachythyrina ufensis (61576) Choristites ussensis (61569)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Malaysia Brachythyrina gobbetti (117676)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Sulciplica subglobosa (105475)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Brachythyrina rectangula (229575)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) Brachythyrina sp., Choristites sp., Semibrachythyrina anshunensis, Choristites pavlovi, Choristites brachythyrisformis, Semibrachythyrina subpentagona, Choristites trautscholdi, Choristites wangchuchueni (134321) Choristites loczyi (134319) Choristites sp. (134322)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria Spirifer fritschii (129692) Spirifer trigonalis (129694)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Xizang) Brachythyrina rectangula, Brachythyrina rectanguliformis (235549 235550)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia Brachythyrina sp. (51571)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xizang) Choristites pavlovi (110081) Semibrachythyrina sp. (110085)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guangxi) Choristites pavlovi (134327) Choristites sp. (134328 134329 134332 134336 134337 134338)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan Brachythyrina arctica (167888)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) Brachythyrina sp. (134341) Brachythyrina sp., Choristites sp. (134340)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Thailand Brachythyrina rectangulus (117142 221705)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Elinoria komiensis (110008)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Yukon) Choristites sp. (10247)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Alaska) Choristites sp. (102548)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) Spirifera avicula (120534)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Brachythyrina tricostata (82078 86131 89202)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer gortanii (125831)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Spirifer fritschi (125049)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Pakistan Spirifer wynnei (127031)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Semibrachythyrina mucronata, Semibrachythyrina pyramidiformis, Zhejiangospirifer abnormalis, Zhejiangospirifer depressus, Zhejiangospirifer insinuatus (95519) Semibrachythyrina pyramidiformis (111932 111933)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia Alphaneospirifer sp. (105035)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Brachythyrina sibirica (94923) Brachythyrina sp. (124102) Spirifer wynnei (86168)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Spirifer mahaensis (110978)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Semibrachythyrina mahaensis (110087) Spirifer wynnei (89203 230327) Zhejiangospirifer giganteus (24590)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Spirifer internatus (125897 126005 126264 126280 126293 126302) Spirifer wynnei (90250 119541 119557 125904 126268 126298 126693 127007)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Primorye) Choristitella wynnei (63899)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hubei) Semibrachythyrina mahaensis, Semibrachythyrina minor (124836)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Shaanxi) Semibrachythyrina sp. (148516)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Canada (Nunavut) Choristites sp. (120895)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Spirifer wynnei (230328)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hunan) Semibrachythyrina anshunensis (105918 111899)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Semibrachythyrina anshunensis (156815) Semibrachythyrina fasciculata (103463) Semibrachythyrina sp. (156816)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) Alphaneospirifer wynnei (187544 187558)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand Semibrachythyrina anshunensis (8145 42776 42777)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Malaysia (Pahang) Semibrachythyrina sp., Semibrachythyrina rhombiformis (206773)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Choristitella wynnei (107624 149802)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Brachythyrina sp. (149293 149298) Semibrachythyrina anshunensis (51424 111992 117480) Semibrachythyrina anshunensis, Semibrachythyrina rhombiformis (117481) Semibrachythyrina ziyunensis (108189)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Semibrachythyrina fasciculata, Semibrachythyrina anshunensis (156863) Semibrachythyrina sp. (156860)