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Choristitinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Choristitinae Waterhouse
2004Choristitinae Waterhouse
2006Choristitinae Williams et al. p. 1783

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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()
familyChoristitidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyChoristitinaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilyChoristitinaeWaterhouse 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.

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
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 (104 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)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California) Choristites sp. (12346)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation Parachoristites carus (128676 128677) Parachoristites volongaensis (128674 128675) Parachoristites volongaensis, Parachoristites carus (128672 128673)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2China (Xinjiang) Choristites gobicus, Choristites radiculosus, Choristites weiningensis, Choristites ustriskyi, Choristites sp. (58129) Choristites radiculosus (58130)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Nepal Choristites sp. (67715)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Pakistan (Karakorum) Choristites sp. (50552)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine Alphachoristites kschemyshensis, Alphachoristites pseudobisulcatus, Alphachoristites medovensis (228668)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Parachoristites tellevakensis (62695)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) Choristites fritschi (101988)
Pennsylvanian - Permian323.2 - 251.902Canada (Nunavut) Choristites fritschi (102051)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) Choristites orbitus (39158)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation Choristitella sp., Choristites sp. (63384)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0South Korea Choristites paichingiensis (128278 128279 128280) Choristites sp. (128281)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Malaysia Choristites sp. (120937 120939)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Parachoristites tellevakensis, Trautscholdia sp. (62696)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Choristitella podolskensis (46633) Choristitella podolskensis, Choristites mosquensis (46635)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt Choristitella podolskensis, Choristites mosquensis (46988)
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) Choristites ussensis (61573 61634 61636)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Utah) Choristites fritschi (59857 59859) Choristites fritschi, Choristites pavlovi (59853 59858 59860 59862)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian307.0 - 273.01USA (California) Choristitella sp. (143616 143619)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Choristites sp. (134310)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Italy Spirifer fritschi (130158)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guizhou) Choristites sp. (106534)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Henan) Choristites sp. (197054)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Choristites loeyensis (116385 120945)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation Trautscholdia sp. (110192) Trautscholdia trautscholdi (89383)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia Spirifer wynnei, Spirifer fritschii (129658)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) Choristites sp. (134311)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Japan Choristites sp., Choristites fritschi (116014)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Spirifer fritschi (233571)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation Choristites miloradovitschi (96746)
Cisuralian298.9 - 273.01Vietnam Spirifer fritschi (233575)
Wolfcampian - Leonardian298.9 - 273.01Canada (Yukon) Choristites ussensis (61569)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Guangxi) Choristites loczyi (134319) Choristites sp. (134322) Choristites sp., Choristites pavlovi, Choristites brachythyrisformis, Choristites trautscholdi, Choristites wangchuchueni (134321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria Spirifer fritschii (129692)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guangxi) Choristites pavlovi (134327) Choristites sp. (134328 134329 134332 134336 134337 134338)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xizang) Choristites pavlovi (110081)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) Choristites sp. (134340)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Alaska) Choristites sp. (102548)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Canada (Yukon) Choristites sp. (10247)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Spirifer gortanii (125831)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Pakistan Spirifer wynnei (127031)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Spirifer fritschi (125049)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Spirifer wynnei (86168)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Primorye) Choristitella wynnei (63899)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Xizang) Spirifer wynnei (89203 230327)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Canada (Nunavut) Choristites sp. (120895)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Spirifer internatus (125897 126005 126264 126280 126293 126302) Spirifer wynnei (90250 119541 119557 125904 126268 126298 126693 127007)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17India Spirifer wynnei (230328)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Choristitella wynnei (107624 149802)