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Pseudospiriferina

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pseudospiriferina Yang and Xu p. 41
2002Pseudospiriferina Sepkoski
2006Pseudospiriferina Williams et al. p. 1920
2019Pseudospiriferina Guo et al.

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusPseudospiriferina

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.

G. †Pseudospiriferina Yang and Xu 1966
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†Pseudospiriferina lipoldiformis Yang and Yin 1962
†Pseudospiriferina multicostata Yang and Xu 1966
†Pseudospiriferina paucicostata Yang and Yin 1962
†Pseudospiriferina pinguis Yang and Xu 1966
†Pseudospiriferina tsinghaiensis Yang and Yin 1962
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Invalid names: Pseudospiriferina biplicata Xu and Liu 1983 [synonym], Spiriferina pauciplicata Yang and Yin 1962 [synonym]
†Pseudospiriferina variabilis Yang and Xu 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height277.353.9012.07.401.77
valve height415.014.515.515.00.440

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

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (150462)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Qinghai) P. sp. (112826) P. tsinghaiensis (112827)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) P. paucicostata (107719) P. tsinghaiensis (107715)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) Balatonospira lipoldiformis (103613 103615) P. lipoldiformis (101031 101034) P. lipoldiformis, P. tsinghaiensis (101030) P. pauciplicata (101047 101048) P. pauciplicata, P. lipoldiformis (101043) P. pauciplicata, P. lipoldiformis, P. tsinghaiensis (101036) P. pauciplicata, P. variabilis (101046) P. sp. (101029 101039 101040) P. sp., P. lipoldiformis, P. tsinghaiensis (101032) P. sp., P. pauciplicata (101041 101044 101045) P. tsinghaiensis (103575 103629 103633 227942)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. pinguis, P. multicostata (135667)
Middle Triassic - Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. multicostata (111833 111855)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Chongqing) P. multicostata (123665)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) P. sp. (206770)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. multicostata (152027) P. sp. (206771) P. variabilis, P. pinguis (152031)