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Spiriferidae ✝
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Spiriferidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. King. 1846. Remarks on certain genera belonging to the class Palliobranchiata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1 183:26-42 |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Brachythyrinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Delthyrinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Prospirinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 203 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Purdonellinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 151 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Sergospiriferinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 357 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Spiriferinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,013 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Afghanospirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 323 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Allanaria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Anthracospirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 325 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Cancellospirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Domokhotia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Ectochoristites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 347 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Eliva ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 54 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Larispirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Latispirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 296 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Mesochorispira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Neomunella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Ovispirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Parallelora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Prospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 60 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Purdonella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 70 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Sergospirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Spirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 947 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Unispirifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 133 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Spirifier vaningeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1846 | Spiriferidae King |
| 1869 | Spiriferidae Huxley p. 116 |
| 1974 | Spiriferidae Brunton and Champion p. 834 |
| 2003 | Spiriferidae Shen et al. p. 81 |
| 2004 | Spiriferidae Waterhouse |
| 2006 | Spiriferidae 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!
Treak Cliff Cavern, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK