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Cyrtospiriferidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Cyrtospiriferidae Termier and Termier
1978Cyrtospiriferidae Savage et al. p. 375
1995Cyrtospiriferidae Balinski p. 53
1995Crytospiriferidae Savage and Baxter p. 1044
2006Cyrtospiriferidae Williams et al. p. 1726

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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
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyCyrtospiriferoideaTermier and Termier 1949
familyCyrtospiriferidaeTermier and Termier 1949
familyCyrtospiriferidaeTermier 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. †Cyrtospiriferidae Termier and Termier 1949
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Subfm. †Cyrtiopsinae Ivanova 1972
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G. †Acutella Lyashenko 1973
G. †Dmitria
G. †Eodmitria
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Invalid names: Komispirifer [synonym]
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Invalid names: Clivospirifer [synonym], Nordispirifer [synonym], Timanospirifer [synonym]
Subfm. †Cyrtospiriferinae Termier and Termier 1949
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G. †Cyrtospirifer Nalivkin 1924
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Cyrtospirifer buddingtoni Savage et al. 1978
Cyrtospirifer cuspidatus de Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Cyrtospirifer disjuncta Sowerby 1840
Cyrtospirifer kharaulakhensis Fredericks 1919
Cyrtospirifer latior Swallow 1863
Cyrtospirifer verneuili Murchison 1840
G. †Sphenospira Cooper 1954
G. †Pripyatispirifer Pushkin 1996
G. †Pyramidaspirifer Ma and Day 2000
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Pyramidaspirifer alta Fenton and Fenton 1924
G. †Sphaenospira Cooper 1954
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 Eifelian to the top of the Capitanian or 393.47000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (432 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Venezuela Cyrtospirifer sp. (35900)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Nevada) Tenticospirifer n. sp. near T. norwoodi (229418)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (California) Tenticospirifer n. sp. near T. norwoodi (229421)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Cyrtospirifer disjunctus (9363)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France Cyrtospirifer canaliferus (38683) Tenticospirifer plicatula (65769)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Mauritania Cyrtospirifer verneuili (62060)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Boulonnais) Cyrtospirifer verneuiliformis (65778) Tenticospirifer plicatula (65762)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Vardak) Uchtospirifer multiplicatus, Cyrtospirifer verneuili (84627)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Cyrtospirifer aperturatus (40711)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain Cyrtospirifer sp. (27707) Cyrtospirifer tenticulum (27633)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Poland Sphaenospira sp. (70068 70236)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Canada (Alberta) Cyrtiopsis prostitus, Cyrtospirifer kindlei, Cyrtospirifer animasensis, Cyrtospirifer hiraethlyni (35544)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China Cyrtospirifer sp. (162314)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Cyrtospirifer latior (6734)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) Spirifer latior (226316)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9Mexico (Sonora) Cyrtospirifer latior (5616)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Colorado) Cyrtospirifer whitneyi, Cyrtospirifer animasensis, Cyrtospirifer sp., Syringospira prima (10240)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Argentina Cyrtospirifer sp. (64620)
Pennsylvanian - Asselian323.4 - 293.52China (Xizang) Cyrtospirifer lochengensis (61392)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51Russian Federation Cyrtospirifer kharaulakhensis (110283)