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Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis
Taxonomy
Spirifera moosakhailensis was named by Davidson (1862). Its type specimen is BMNH 82371 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Spirifer moosakhailensis by Grabau (1931); it was recombined as Spirifer musakheylensis by Astre (1934); it was recombined as Spirifer (Neospirifer) musakheylensis by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Neospirifer moosakhailensis by Waterhouse (1966), Waterhouse (1978), Lee and Gu (1980) and Shi and Shen (1997); it was recombined as Neospirifer (Neospirifer) moosakhailensis by Shen et al. (2003); it was misspelled as Neospirifer musakheylensis by Shimizu (1981); it was recombined as Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis by Waterhouse (2004).
It was recombined as Spirifer moosakhailensis by Grabau (1931); it was recombined as Spirifer musakheylensis by Astre (1934); it was recombined as Spirifer (Neospirifer) musakheylensis by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Neospirifer moosakhailensis by Waterhouse (1966), Waterhouse (1978), Lee and Gu (1980) and Shi and Shen (1997); it was recombined as Neospirifer (Neospirifer) moosakhailensis by Shen et al. (2003); it was misspelled as Neospirifer musakheylensis by Shimizu (1981); it was recombined as Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis by Waterhouse (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1862 | Spirifera moosakhailensis Davidson p. 28 figs. Pl 2, fig 2 |
| 1883 | Spirifer musakheylensis Waagen p. 512 figs. Pl 45 |
| 1892 | Spirifer musakheylensis Rothpletz p. 79 figs. Pl 9, figs 1, 2 |
| 1897 | Spirifer musakhelensis Diener |
| 1903 | Spirifera musakheylensis Etheridge Jr. p. 12 |
| 1913 | Spirifer musakheylensis Mansuy p. 57 figs. Pl 5, fig 6 |
| 1931 | Spirifer moosakhailensis Grabau p. 168 figs. Pl 23, figs 5-8 |
| 1934 | Spirifer musakheylensis Astre p. 74 figs. Pl 8, figs 17,24 |
| 1944 | Spirifer (Neospirifer) musakheylensis Reed p. 196 |
| 1966 | Neospirifer moosakhailensis Waterhouse p. 34 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2; pl 9, figs 1,4; pl 10, figs 1,2 |
| 1978 | Neospirifer moosakhailensis Waterhouse p. 57 figs. Pl 6, figs 19,20 |
| 1980 | Neospirifer moosakhailensis Lee and Gu p. 412 figs. Pl 177, figs 7,10 |
| 1981 | Neospirifer musakheylensis Shimizu p. 80 figs. Pl 8, fig 24 |
| 1997 | Neospirifer moosakhailensis Shi and Shen p. 51 figs. 7B-D |
| 2003 | Neospirifer (Neospirifer) moosakhailensis Shen et al. figs. 6.1-6.5 |
| 2004 | Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Waterhouse |
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†Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Davidson 1862
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. Waterhouse 1966 | Transverse Neospirifer with moderately low ventral umbo and moderately high ventral interarea, alate, with rounded anterior-lateral extremities, sulcus shallow and V-shaped in profile posteriorly, wide and more U-shaped anteriorly, fold moderately high and narrow, plicae well developed, costae fine to strong, moderately differentiated, crests rounded, concentric lamellae well developed. |