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Spiriferidina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1,220 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Spiriferida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Spiriferida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Adolfioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 371 | 439 Ma Silurian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ambocoelioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2,368 | 441 Ma Silurian | 252 Ma Permian | |
Brachythyridoidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 236 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Cyrtioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 898 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Cyrtospiriferoidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,284 | 427 Ma Silurian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Delthyridacea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Martinioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,954 | 433 Ma Silurian | 252 Ma Permian | |
Paeckelmanelloidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 352 | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Spiriferoidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5,493 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Theodossioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 42 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1844 | Spirifera trapezoidalis Sowerby p. 159 |
1844 | Spirifera paucicostata Sowerby p. 160 |
1844 | Spirifera vespertilio Sowerby p. 160 |
1883 | Spiriferidina Waagen p. 447 |
1910 | Spirifera vespertilio Laseron p. 201 |
1978 | Spiriferidina Savage et al. p. 375 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1997 | Spiriferidina Jin and Chatterton |
1999 | Spiriferidina Chen and Shi |
2003 | Spiriferidina Shen et al. p. 242 |
2004 | Spiriferidina Waterhouse |
2006 | Spiriferidina Williams et al. p. 1769 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!