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Pterospirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pterospirifer was named by Dunbar (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: P Asse P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterospiriferinae by Waterhouse (2004) and Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pterospirifer Dunbar p. 128
2002Pterospirifer Sepkoski
2004Pterospirifer Waterhouse
2006Pterospirifer Williams et al. p. 1815

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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
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyPterospiriferinae
genusPterospirifer

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. †Pterospirifer Dunbar 1955
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Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Spirifer undulatus Sowerby 1827 [synonym], Trigonotreta permiana King 1848 [synonym]
Pterospirifer terechovi Zavodowsky 1968
Pterospirifer waageni Waterhouse 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available