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Palaeospirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ulbospiriferidae

Taxonomy
Palaeospirifer is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Palaeospiriferinae.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeospiriferinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Goungjunspirifer Sepkoski
2002Palaeospirifer Sepkoski
2006Palaeospirifer Williams et al. p. 1720

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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
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyTheodossioideaIvanova 1959
familyUlbospiriferidaeJohnson and Carter 1994
subfamilyPalaeospiriferinaeCarter et al. 1994
genusPalaeospirifer

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.

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Invalid names: Goungjunspirifer [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available