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Neospiriferinae

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Neospiriferinae Waterhouse
2003Neospiriferinae Shen et al. p. 83
2004Neospiriferidae Waterhouse
2006Neospiriferinae Williams et al. p. 1789

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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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae
subfamilyNeospiriferinae

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.

Subfm. †Neospiriferinae Waterhouse 1968
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G. †Betaneospirifer Gatinaud 1949
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Betaneospirifer marcoui Waagen 1883
Betaneospirifer neomarcoui Licharew 1942
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Invalid names: Neospirifer kubeiensis Ting 1962 [synonym]
Betaneospirifer ravaniformis Waterhouse 1978
Betaneospirifer shii Waterhouse 2004
G. †Blasispirifer Kulikov 1950
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Blasispirifer blasii de Verneuil 1845
Blasispirifer reedi Licharew 1978
Blasispirifer vagaensis Licharew 1927
G. †Cartorhium Cooper and Grant 1976
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Cartorhium alisangensis Termier et al. 1974
Cartorhium chelomatum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cartorhium coristum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cartorhium imperfectum Archbold 1993
Cartorhium latum King 1931
Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858
Cartorhium orbiculatum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cartorhium retusum Cooper and Grant 1976
Cartorhium rhomboidalis Jin and Ye 1979
Cartorhium twifurcifer Xu and Grant 1994
Cartorhium vidriense Cooper and Grant 1976
Cartorhium xikouensis Xu and Grant 1994
Cartorhium zoyei Cooper and Grant 1976
G. †Costatispirifer Archbold and Thomas 1985
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Costatispirifer gracilis Archbold and Thomas 1985
G. †Crassispirifer Archbold and Thomas 1985
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Crassispirifer acuta Waterhouse 2004
Crassispirifer broilii Waterhouse 2004
Crassispirifer chospochtschonicus Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Crassispirifer condoni Archbold and Shi 1993
Crassispirifer galinae Manankov 2019
Crassispirifer jakuschewae Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Crassispirifer koargychanensis Zavodowsky 1970
Crassispirifer monumentalis Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Crassispirifer pinguis Archbold and Thomas 1985
Crassispirifer rostalinus Hosking 1931
Crassispirifer transversa Waterhouse 2004
G. †Cratispirifer Archbold and Thomas 1985
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Cratispirifer barchatovae Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Cratispirifer macroplica Waterhouse 2004
Cratispirifer nuraensis Archbold and Thomas 1985
G. †Fasciculatia Waterhouse 2004
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Fasciculatia adpressa Liu and Waterhouse 1985
Fasciculatia angulata Waterhouse 2004
Fasciculatia groenwalli Dunbar 1962
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Invalid names: Spirifer striatoplicatus Gobbett 1964 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Fasciculatia greenlandicus Waterhouse 2004 [synonym], Neospirifer sulcoprofundus Liu and Waterhouse 1985 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gobbettifera Waterhouse 2004 [synonym]
G. †Fusispirifer Waterhouse 1966
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Fusispirifer avicula Morris 1845
Fusispirifer byroensis Glauert 1912
Fusispirifer carnarvonensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer coolkilyaensis Archbold 1988
Fusispirifer cundlegoensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer jini Waterhouse 2004
Fusispirifer kennediensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer legrandblainae Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer nitiensis Diener 1897
Fusispirifer quinnaniensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Fusispirifer subovalis Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Fusispirifer wandageensis Archbold and Thomas 1987
Invalid names: Spirifera avicula Sowerby 1844 [nomen vanum], Transversaria [synonym]
Subfm. †Fusispiriferinae Waterhouse 2004
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G. †Cracowspira Waterhouse 2004
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Cracowspira laminatus Waterhouse 1987
G. †Gibbospirifer Waterhouse 1971
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Gibbospirifer ettrainensis Waterhouse 1971
G. †Gypospirifer Cooper and Grant 1976
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Gypospirifer anancites Cooper and Grant 1976
Gypospirifer condor d'Orbigny 1842
Gypospirifer gryphus Cooper and Grant 1976
Gypospirifer kobiyamai Tazawa and Araki 2013
Gypospirifer nelsoni Cooper and Grant 1976
Gypospirifer volatilis Duan and Li 1985
G. †Imperiospira Archbold and Thomas 1993
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Imperiospira campbelli Archbold and Thomas 1993
Imperiospira dickinsi Archbold and Thomas 1993
Imperiospira franzjosefi Archbold and Thomas 1993
G. †Kaninospirifer Stepanov and Kulikov 1975
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Kaninospirifer borealis Stepanov and Kulikov 1975
Kaninospirifer costellinus Waterhouse 2004
Kaninospirifer kaninensis Licharew 1943
G. †Lepidospirifer Cooper and Grant 1969
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Lepidospirifer angulatus Cooper and Grant 1969
Lepidospirifer demissus Cooper and Grant 1976
Lepidospirifer inferus Cooper and Grant 1976
Lepidospirifer miyakei Tazawa and Shen 1997
G. †Lutuginia Poletaev 1997
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Lutuginia lutugini Rotai 1931
G. †Maxwellispirifer Waterhouse 2004
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Maxwellispirifer exora McKellar 1965
G. †Neospirifer Fredericks 1919
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Subg. †Neospirifer (Neospirifer) Fredericks 1919
Subg. †Neospirifer (Quadrospira) Archbold 1997
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Quadrospira crassicostatus Waterhouse 1983
Quadrospira hardmani Foord 1890
Quadrospira plicatus Archbold and Thomas 1986
Quadrospira postplicatus Archbold and Thomas 1986
Quadrospira preplicatus Hogeboom 1999
Quadrospira woolagensis Archbold 1997
Neospirifer amphigyus Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer amplus Archbold and Thomas 1986
Neospirifer apothescelus Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer bakeri King 1931
Neospirifer borealis Manankov 2019
Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
Neospirifer campbelli Maxwell 1964
Neospirifer chivatschensis Zavodowsky 1968
Neospirifer crassiconchialis Zavodovsky 1959
Neospirifer dunbari King 1933
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Neospirifer triplicatus alatus Dunbar and Condra 1932
Invalid names: Spirifer triplicata Hall 1852 [replaced]
Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846
Neospirifer foordi Archbold and Thomas 1986
Neospirifer formulosus Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer goreii Mather 1915
Neospirifer gortani Heritsch 1931
Neospirifer grandis Solomina 1988
Neospirifer gruenewaldtianus Yanischevsky 1900
Neospirifer incipiens Plodowski 1968
Neospirifer invisus Zavodovsky 1958
Neospirifer kalashnikovi Waterhouse 2004
Neospirifer kansasensis Swallow 1866
Neospirifer koewbaidhoni Yanagida 1967
Neospirifer lanceolatus Ivanov and Ivanova 1937
Neospirifer latus Dunbar and Condra 1932
Neospirifer licharewi Abramov 1970
Neospirifer mansuetus Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer mengjiushanensis Lee and Su 1980
Neospirifer neali Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer neocameratus Stepanov 1998
Neospirifer neostriatus Fredericks 1919
Neospirifer notialis Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer paranitiensis Zavodowsky 1960
Neospirifer parenensis Zavodowsky 1968
Neospirifer permicus Ifanova 1972
Neospirifer placidus Cooper and Grant 1976
Neospirifer plana Chen 2004
Neospirifer poletaevi Waterhouse 2004
Neospirifer praenuntius Easton 1962
Neospirifer pristinus Maxwell 1951
Neospirifer pseudonitiensis Plodowski 1968
Neospirifer rhomboidalis Kalashnikov 1998
Neospirifer shenshuensis Lee and Su 1980
Neospirifer snjatkovi Zavodowsky 1968
Neospirifer sodalis Reed 1944
Neospirifer sterlitamakensis Gerassimov 1929
Neospirifer subfasciger Licharew 1934
Neospirifer tajmyrica Einor 1959
Neospirifer tegulatus Trautschold 1876
Neospirifer tricostatus Zavodowsky 1968
Neospirifer undatus Reed 1944
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Invalid names: Aperispirifer naubauriensis Plodowski 1968 [synonym]
Neospirifer wynneiformis Zavodovsky 1959
Invalid names: Wadispirifer Waterhouse 2004 [synonym]
G. †Occidalia Archbold 1997
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Occidalia mingenewensis Archbold 1996
Occidalia plicatus Waterhouse 1966
Occidalia shahi Archbold 1997
G. †Pondospirifer Waterhouse 1978
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Pondospirifer crassiconcha Waterhouse and Chen 2007
Pondospirifer magnificus Waterhouse 1978
G. †Saltospirifer Cisterna and Archbold 2007
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Saltospirifer guevarii Cisterna and Archbold 2007
G. †Septospirifer Waterhouse 1971
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Septospirifer tatondukensis Waterhouse 1971
G. †Simplicisulcus Waterhouse 2002
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Simplicisulcus arthurtonensis Waterhouse 1968
Simplicisulcus concentricus Waterhouse 1987
G. †Spiriferalaria Waterhouse 2002
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Spiriferalaria thescelus Cooper and Grant 1976
G. †Tibetospirifer Liu and Wang 1990
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Tibetospirifer xizangensis Liu and Wang 1990
Invalid names: Kaninospiriferinae Kalashnikov 1996 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Holkerian to the top of the Changhsingian or 346.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (1682 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleozoic - Triassic538.8 - 201.4Chile (Ovalle) Neospirifer sp. (222433)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Utah) Spirifer cameratus (13361)
Carboniferous - Chesterian358.9 - 323.2USA (Utah) Neospirifer triplicatus (13363)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Spirifer cameratus (112174)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, California) Neospirifer sp. (12346)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Arizona) Neospirifer dunbari (13249)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Nevada) Neospirifer cameratus, Neospirifer triplicatus (12785)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Neospirifer sp. (9857 9868 9869 9953)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Texas) Neospirifer sp., Neospirifer triplicatus (1119) Neospirifer triplicatus (1098 1120 1121)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Missouri) Neospirifer sp. (116)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand Neospirifer nelsonensis (52774 52776) Neospirifer sp. (52245) Trigonotreta arthurtonensis (98149)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Nepal Betaneospirifer neomarcoui, Pondospirifer crassiconcha, Transversaria marcouiformis (120386) Betaneospirifer shii (207296) Fusispirifer jini, Pondospirifer crassiconcha, Transversaria marcouiformis (120387) Fusispirifer jini, Transversaria marcouiformis (62448) Fusispirifer nitiensis (43238 43266 120449) Fusispirifer sp. (43145) Neospirifer kubeiensis (43282 120508 120519 120520 120522) Neospirifer moosakhailensis (43152 43154 43157 43158 43159 99791 120445 120446 120448 120451) Neospirifer moosakhailensis, Fusispirifer nitiensis (120444) Neospirifer ravana (120443) Neospirifer ravaniformis (43166 43169 43170 43173 43178 43179 43180 43183 43185 43186 43187 43189 43190 43194 43195 43198 43199 43201 43217 43218 43221 43224 43225 43226 43228 43229 43260 43261 43272 43281 43285) Neospirifer ravaniformis, Fusispirifer nitiensis (43182 43197 43216) Neospirifer sp. (43242 43245) Neospirifer sp. A (43259 43279) Neospirifer sp. B (43255 43277) Pondospirifer crassiconcha (62441) Pondospirifer magnificus (43220) Pondospirifer magnificus, Betaneospirifer ravaniformis, Betaneospirifer neomarcoui, Fusispirifer jini, Pondospirifer crassiconcha, Transversaria marcouiformis (62444) Pondospirifer magnificus, Betaneospirifer ravaniformis, Betaneospirifer neomarcoui, Pondospirifer crassiconcha (62447) Transversaria marcouiformis (62445 62446) Wadispirifer hongdeensis (120412)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Cartorhium xikouensis (120788)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Shaanxi) Cartorhium xikouensis, Cartorhium twifurcifer (50034)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) Fusispirifer marcouiformis (121589) Fusispirifer marcouiformis, Fusispirifer semiplicata (60594) Lepidospirifer sp. (73601) Neospirifer kubeiensis (73604) Neospirifer ravana (121595) Neospirifer sp. (51398 187537 187539 187558) Neospirifer tibetensis (73600) Neospirifer tibetensis, Neospirifer kubeiensis (73602) Neospirifer tibetensis, Neospirifer striatiformis, Neospirifer kubeiensis (110495)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Neospirifer wynneiformis, Neospirifer crassiconchialis, Neospirifer invisus (131245)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Neospirifer sp. (41557)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Spirifer ambiensis (81504) Spirifer blasii (126882) Spirifer blasii, Spirifer warchensis (126989) Spirifer musakheylensis (89064 119608 126934) Spirifer warchensis (126988 126996)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand (Khao Doi Pha Phlung) Neospirifer sp. (8103)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand (Southland) Neospirifer sp. (73851)