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Acrospiriferinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Acrospiriferinae was named by Termier and Termier (1949).

It was assigned to Acrospiriferidae by Williams et al. (2006); and to Delthyrididae by Bassett and Cocks (1974) and Boucot et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Acrospiriferinae Termier and Termier
1974Acrospiriferinae Bassett and Cocks
2006Acrospiriferinae Williams et al. p. 1836
2008Acrospiriferinae Boucot et al.

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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
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyDelthyridoideaPhillips 1841
familyAcrospiriferidaeTermier and Termier 1949
subfamilyAcrospiriferinaeTermier and Termier 1949
subfamilyAcrospiriferinaeTermier 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.

Subfm. †Acrospiriferinae Termier and Termier 1949
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G. †Acrospirifer Wedekind 1926
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Acrospirifer murchisoni Castelneau 1843
G. †Xerospirifer Havlicek 1978
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 Siegen to the top of the Frasnian or 412.30000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (24815)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8New Zealand Acrospirifer arduennensis (40534)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (3993 3996)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Vietnam Acrospirifer sp. (83240)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Peru Acrospirifer atlanticus (36140 36141 36142)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) Acrospirifer sp. (40058)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3USA (New York) Acrospirifer macrothyris (75471)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35912 35913 35914 35915)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9USA (New Hampshire) Acrospirifer murchisoni (48851)
Helderberg416.0 - 391.9USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (25897)
Siegen412.3 - 409.1USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164732)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Finistere) Mauispirifer sp. (6193)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Acrospirifer lilydalensis (25713)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer sp. (602)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Moravia) Acrospirifer primaevus (25092 25099)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Acrospirifer sp. (84388)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Germany (Eifel) Acrospirifer primaevus (24388 24619)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Vietnam Acrospirifer fongi, Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis, Acrospirifer aculeatus, Acrospirifer primaevus, Acrospirifer sp., Acrospirifer bijugosus (83248) Acrospirifer laosensis, Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis, Acrospirifer fongi (83291) Acrospirifer sp. (83241 83286 83326)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Spain (Aragon) Acrospirifer sp., Mauispirifer sp. (40400)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) Mauispirifer sp. (25696)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (England) Acrospirifer primaevus (3701)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Venezuela Acrospirifer sp. (35894)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (600 601)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Canada (Quebec) Acrospirifer murchisoni (598 599 662)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Spain (Palencia) Acrospirifer fallax (40348)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Eifel) Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer gosseleti (24620)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Spain (Aragon) Acrospirifer fallax (40403)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35713)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Heilongjiang) Acrospirifer sp. (25844 25845)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer medius (25728 25729) Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer hemirotundus, Acrospirifer subregularis (3981) Acrospirifer papaeoensis (25725) Acrospirifer sp. (25726 25730 25731 25801 25802 25805 25809 25810) Acrospirifer subregularis (3980) Acrospirifer subregularis, Acrospirifer medius (4694)
Deer Park409.1 - 391.9USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164799 164800) Acrospirifer sp. (164689)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (27348)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164794 164801)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Libya Acrospirifer sp. (35632)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (27420)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Sichuan) Acrospirifer medius (75916)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Guinea-Bissau Acrospiriferinae indet. (209301)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Hessen) Acrospirifer fallax, Acrospirifer n. sp. A, Acrospirifer n. sp. B, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38349)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Niedersachsen) Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38350)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa Acrospirifer iheringi (35578 35584)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (West Virginia) Acrospirifer sp. (70109)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand Acrospirifer coxi, Mauispirifer hectori (40522 40525) Acrospirifer sp. (40529)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Venezuela Acrospirifer sp. (35895 35896)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Amapa) Acrospirifer sp. (37136)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35861 35862 35863 35864 35867 35869 35870 35871 35872 35873 35878 35879 35881 35885 35886 35889 35891 35976 35977 35980 35981)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain Acrospirifer sp. (62185)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35715 35718)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9United Kingdom (England) Mauispirifer sp. (38390)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer ordinaris (4822) Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer sp. (4812) Acrospirifer papoensis, Acrospirifer sp. (4810) Acrospirifer sp. (4692 4801 4815 4843 4865) Acrospirifer subregularis (4805) Acrospirifer subregularis, Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer sp. (4820) Acrospirifer subregularis, Acrospirifer sp. (4813) Xerospirifer heterosinus (4046)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Palencia) Mauispirifer scutiformis (40351)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Para) Acrospirifer sp. (37137)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Acrospirifer supraspeciosus (60133 60140 60446 60466 60467)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer houershanensis (4024) Acrospirifer sp. (4864 25732) Xerospirifer fongi (4026 4029 4031)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Acrospirifer sp. (40040)
Middle Devonian - Late/Upper Devonian393.3 - 358.9Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35883 35884)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7China (Heilongjiang) Acrospirifer grabaui (25871)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) Acrospirifer olssoni (36012)