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Acrospiriferidae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Acrospiriferidae was named by Termier and Termier (1949). Its type is Acrospirifer.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Acrospiriferidae Termier and Termier
2006Acrospiriferidae Williams et al. p. 1836

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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
familyAcrospiriferidaeTermier and Termier 1949
familyAcrospiriferidaeTermier 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. †Acrospiriferidae Termier and Termier 1949
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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
Subfm. †Costispiriferinae Termier and Termier 1949
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G. †Costispirifer Copper 1942
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†Costispirifer unicus Hall 1867
Subfm. †Elymospiriferinae Johnson and Hou 1994
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G. †Elymospirifer Wang 1974
G. †Perryspirifer Jones and Boucot 1983
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 (143 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8New Zealand Acrospirifer arduennensis (40534)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (24815)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Acrospiriferidae indet. (25651)
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 - 393.3USA (New York) Acrospirifer macrothyris (75471) Costispirifer arenosa (75468)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp., Costispirifer billingsianus, Costispirifer unicus (40058)
Helderbergian419.2 - 393.3USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp. (25897)
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Colombia Acrospirifer sp. (35912 35913 35914 35915)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9USA (New Hampshire) Acrospirifer murchisoni (48851)
Siegen412.3 - 409.1USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164732)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Acrospirifer lilydalensis (25713)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Moravia) Acrospirifer primaevus (25092 25099)
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 - 407.6Venezuela Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (35894)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Canada (Quebec) Acrospirifer murchisoni (598 662) Costispirifer arenosus, Acrospirifer murchisoni (599)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Germany (Eifel) Acrospirifer primaevus (24388 24619)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Spain (Aragon) Acrospirifer sp., Mauispirifer sp. (40400)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer sp. (602)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (New York) Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (600 601)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (England) Acrospirifer primaevus (3701)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) Mauispirifer sp. (25696)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6France (Finistere) Mauispirifer sp. (6193)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Acrospirifer sp. (84388)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Algeria Costispirifer trigeri (27181)
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 - 402.5China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer medius, Elymospirifer sp. (25728 25729) Acrospirifer ordinaris, Acrospirifer hemirotundus, Acrospirifer subregularis, Elymospirifer kwangsiensis (3981) Acrospirifer papaeoensis (25725) Acrospirifer sp. (25805 25809 25810) Acrospirifer sp., Elymospirifer sp. (25726 25730 25731 25801 25802) Acrospirifer subregularis (3980) Acrospirifer subregularis, Acrospirifer medius, Elymospirifer kwangensis (4694) Elymospirifer kwangsiensis (3984) Elymospirifer sp. (25803)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Heilongjiang) Acrospirifer sp. (25844 25845)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35713)
Deer Parkian409.1 - 391.9USA (Nevada) Acrospirifer murchisoni (164799) Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (164689) Costispirifer sp., Acrospirifer murchisoni (164800)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (27348)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand Acrospirifer coxi, Mauispirifer hectori (40522 40525) Acrospirifer sp. (40529)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Guinea-Bissau Acrospiriferinae indet. (209301)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Libya Acrospirifer sp. (35632)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Nevada) Costispirifer sp., Acrospirifer murchisoni (164794 164801)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Sichuan) Acrospirifer medius (75916)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer sp. (27420)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Niedersachsen) Acrospirifer fallax, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38350)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (West Virginia) Acrospirifer sp. (70109)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa Acrospirifer iheringi (35578 35584)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Hessen) Acrospirifer fallax, Acrospirifer n. sp. A, Acrospirifer n. sp. B, Mauispirifer scutiformis (38349)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Brazil (Amapa) Acrospirifer sp. (37136)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Costispirifer arenosus, Costispirifer sp. (40039)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Venezuela Acrospirifer sp. (35895 35896)
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 (Palencia) Mauispirifer scutiformis (40351)
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 Acrospirifer sp. (62185)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation Acrospirifer gerolsteinensis (35715 35718)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9USA (New York) Costispirifer unicus (232948)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Costispirifer arenosus (9537)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Acrospirifer supraspeciosus (60133 60140 60446 60466 60467)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Acrospirifer sp., Costispirifer sp. (40040)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) Acrospirifer houershanensis (4024) Acrospirifer sp. (4864 25732) Xerospirifer fongi (4026 4029 4031)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Brazil (Para) Acrospirifer sp. (37137)
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)