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Spiriferellina tricosa

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferellina tricosa was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154698f, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. campestris, S. octoplicata, S. pandri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Spiriferellina tricosa Cooper and Grant p. 2707 figs. Pl 710, figs 24-82
2005Spiriferellina tricosa Sour-Tovar et al. p. 31 figs. 4h-4l
2016Spiriferellina tricosa Torres-Martínez et al. p. 78 figs. 4.14-4.17

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusSpiriferellina
speciestricosa

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.

†Spiriferellina tricosa Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height272.660.6009.803.002.93

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Mexico Spiriferellina tricosa (117974)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Spiriferellina tricosa (43491 43492 43495 43513 43514 43515 43517 81638 105687 106286)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Chiapas) Spiriferellina tricosa (183478)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Spiriferellina tricosa (43518 43598 81639 101781 101783 102611 102616 106109)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Turkey Spiriferellina tricosa (107264)