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Spiriferellina
Taxonomy
Spiriferellina was named as a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Spiriferellinidae.
It was reranked as Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) by Reed (1944).
It was assigned to Spiriferina by Reed (1944); to Spiriferinidae by Brunton and Champion (1974); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Reticulariinidae by Shen et al. (2003); and to Spiriferellinidae by Williams et al. (2006).
It was reranked as Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) by Reed (1944).
It was assigned to Spiriferina by Reed (1944); to Spiriferinidae by Brunton and Champion (1974); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Reticulariinidae by Shen et al. (2003); and to Spiriferellinidae by Williams et al. (2006).
Species
S. aduncata, S. aequiplicata, S. altiplecusformis, S. anguliplica, S. baywullensis, S. bilotensis, S. cambodgiensis, S. cristata, S. discoformis, S. disparata, S. elegantula, S. enteleteformis, S. excelens, S. hilli, S. hochuanensis, S. lacunosa, S. lata, S. nanbuensis, S. nasuta, S. nasuta, S. neerkolensis, S. netschajewi, S. nuda, S. orientalis (syn. Punctospirifer shenzhouensis, Metriolepis asiatica, Metriolepis pollostosa), S. paucicostata, S. pauciplicata, S. pokrowskensis, S. quadriplicata, S. quantula, S. rouxi, S. tareica, S. tricosa, S. triquetra, S. vercherei, S. vescula, S. yanagidai, S. yunnanensis, S. zewanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Spiriferina (Spiriferellina) Reed p. 243 |
| 1974 | Spiriferellina Brunton and Champion p. 836 |
| 2002 | Spiriferellina Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Spiriferellina Shen et al. p. 87 |
| 2006 | Spiriferellina Williams et al. p. 1918 |
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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. †Spiriferellina
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†Spiriferellina aduncata Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
†Spiriferellina aequiplicata Reed 1944
†Spiriferellina altiplecusformis Feng 1978
†Spiriferellina anguliplica Waterhouse 1987
†Spiriferellina baywullensis Maxwell 1960
†Spiriferellina bilotensis Reed 1944
†Spiriferellina cambodgiensis Mansuy 1914
†Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
†Spiriferellina discoformis Liang 1990
†Spiriferellina disparata Waterhouse 1987
†Spiriferellina elegantula Liao 1980
†Spiriferellina enteleteformis Liang 1990
†Spiriferellina excelens Zhan 1989
†Spiriferellina hilli Girty 1908
†Spiriferellina hochuanensis Liao 1978
†Spiriferellina lacunosa Waterhouse 1968
†Spiriferellina lata Lane 1963
†Spiriferellina nanbuensis Tazawa and Shintani 2014
†Spiriferellina nasuta Cooper and Grant 1976
†Spiriferellina nasuta Waagen 1883
†Spiriferellina neerkolensis Maxwell 1951
†Spiriferellina netschajewi Ivanova 1960
†Spiriferellina nuda Cooper and Grant 1976
†Spiriferellina orientalis Frech 1911
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Invalid names: Metriolepis asiatica Liang 1990 [synonym], Metriolepis pollostosa Liang 1990 [synonym], Punctospirifer shenzhouensis Liang 1990 [synonym]
†Spiriferellina paucicostata Cooper and Grant 1976
†Spiriferellina pauciplicata Cooper 1957
†Spiriferellina pokrowskensis Glushenko 1975
†Spiriferellina quadriplicata Waterhouse 1987
†Spiriferellina quantula Glushenko 1975
†Spiriferellina rouxi Mansuy 1913
†Spiriferellina tareica Chernyak 1963
†Spiriferellina tricosa Cooper and Grant 1976
†Spiriferellina triquetra Liao 1980
†Spiriferellina vercherei Waagen 1883
†Spiriferellina vescula Cooper and Grant 1976
†Spiriferellina yanagidai Grant 1976
†Spiriferellina yunnanensis Fang 1983
†Spiriferellina zewanensis Diener 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 156 | 5.14 | 0.600 | 53.0 | 5.40 | 5.36 | |
| valve height | 1 | 6.20 | - | - | - | - |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Changhsingian or 353.80000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (463 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Famennian - Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | S. sp. (38439) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom | S. sp. (62873) | |
| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | S. octoplicata (8694) S. sp. (38449) | |
| Tournaisian | Australia (Queensland) | S. baywullensis (145045) | |
| Tournaisian | Belgium | Spiriferellina indet. (141618) | |
| Mississippian | USA (California) | Spiriferina cristata (214521) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | Spiriferina cristata (112176 112177) | |
| Ivorian - Chadian | Ireland | S. octoplicata (76501) | |
| Arundian - Holkerian | Ireland | S. octoplicata (76517) | |
| Chadian - Holkerian | United Kingdom (England) | S. perplicata (5509 5510 5511 5512) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | China (Guangdong) | Punctospirifer cristata (121114) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | Spiriferina cristata (127023) Spiriferina nasuta (126998) | |
| Changhsingian | Nepal | S. sp. (43179) | |
| Changhsingian | Malaysia (Pahang) | S. sp. (206773) | |
| Changhsingian | Japan | S. cristata (149802) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Xizang) | S. sp. (51398 73600 73601 73605 73607) | |
| Changhsingian | Pakistan | Spiriferina cristata (119554) Spiriferina vercherei (124349) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | S. fastigiata (112134 117486) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (99630) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Chongqing) | S. pandri, S. sp., S. nasuta (94984) S. sp. (156860 156885) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Sichuan) | S. fastigiata (95599) | |