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Spiriferella pseudodraschei

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy

Spiriferella pseudodraschei was named by Einor (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. drashei, S. leilhavii, S. minnewankensis, S. saranaeformis

Synonyms

Spiriferella parva was named by Cooper (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 125405 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UO 2204-3, Coyote Butte, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creek area, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Spiriferella pseudodraschei by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1939	Spiriferella pseudodraschei Einor
1957	Spiriferella parva Cooper p. 57 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-5
1982	Spiriferella pseudodraschei Waterhouse and Waddington p. 14 figs. Pl 2, figs 14-19; pl 3, figs 1-13; text-fig 13
1996	Spiriferella pseudodraschei Shi and Waterhouse p. 131 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-20

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Spiriferida
suborder	Spiriferidina
superfamily	Spiriferoidea	()
family	Spiriferellidae	Waterhouse 1968
genus	Spiriferella	()
species	pseudodraschei	Einor 1939

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.

†Spiriferella pseudodraschei Einor 1939

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Invalid names: Spiriferella parva Cooper 1957 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	13	16.1	9.50	25.3	17.0	5.04
valve height	1	17.6	-	-	-	-

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (59 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Canada (Yukon)	Spiriferella pseudodraschei (117713 117723 117729 117731 117734 117737 117738 117739 117740 117744 117745 117751 117752 117753 117756 117757 117758 117759 121749 121759 121760 121821 121827 121828 121829 121830 121831 121833 121834)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	Canada (Yukon)	Spiriferella pseudodraschei (117694 117736 117742 117743 117746 117747)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	USA (Oregon)	Spiriferella draschei (40964 40969 40974 40979 40980 41228 41229 41230 41244 41253 41256 41257 41267 41268 41269 41270 41272 41275 41277 129173 129175 129177) Spiriferella parva, Spiriferella draschei (40977)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Russian Federation	Spiriferella wimani (110269)