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Eospirigerina vetusta

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Taxonomy
Eospirigerina vetusta was named by Cocks and Modzalevskaya (1997). Its type specimen is BC 50976 (conjoined valves) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 4. Pryamaya River, Lower Taimyr River Basin, which is in an Ashgill offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Korotkinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. groenlandica, Spirigerina hibernica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Eospirigerina vetusta Cocks and Modzalevskaya pp. 1086 - 1087 figs. Plate 6, figures 1-18; Text-figure 8

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAtrypidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyAtrypoideaGill 1871
familyAtrypinidaeMcEwan 1939
subfamilySpirigerininaeRzhonsnitskaya 1974
genusEospirigerinaSchuchert and Cooper 1930
speciesvetusta

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.

†Eospirigerina vetusta Cocks and Modzalevskaya 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L.R.M. Cocks and T.L. Modzalevskaya 1997Biconvex shell with sub-circular to slightly transverse outline, sometimes with extended alae, fine ribs and closely spaced uniform concentric growth filae. Maximum width near the cardinal margin. Ventral valve more convex centrally; without well-developed sulcus, but with a gently plicate anterior commissure. Beak straight or slightly incurved with submesothyridid foramen confined by small deltidial plates. Dorsal valve with uniform convexity without fold but sometimes with a shallow furrow posteriorly. The rounded to rectangular tongue is well represented on adult shells. Surface ornament of fine rounded ribs (38--48 along the anterior and lateral margins) which are increased mainly by bifurcations. Fine, closely spaced uniform concentric growth lines well preserved anteriorly. Ventral interior characterized by short, thin dental plates and stout massive teeth. Dorsal high stout myophragm elevated above the discrete cardinal plate for a short distance (Text-fig. 8). Muscle field weakly impressed.