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Eospirifer ✝
| Description | Eospirifer is a genus of extinct brachiopod in the class Rhynchonellata (Articulata) and the order Spiriferida. Their fossils occur most commonly in marine calcareous, microbialitic mudstones with extensive mudcracks or shelly packstones, generally mid-Silurian to early-Devonian in age. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eospirifer, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtiidae : Eospirifer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Eospirifer Schuchert, 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Eastman-Zittel, Text-Book Pal., ed. 2, 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Spiriferida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rhynchonellata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Spiriferida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eospirifer |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eospirifer (Eospirifer) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Eospirifer acutolineatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eospirifer cinghizicus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Eospirifer eastoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 426 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Eospirifer eosinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eospirifer foggi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eospirifer ghobadiae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 441 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
| Eospirifer marklini ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Eospirifer radiatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 153 | 443 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| Eospirifer stonehousensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spirifer marklini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Protospirifer Rong, Huang, Zhan & Harper, 2013 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Cyrtiidae : Protospirifer |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1913 | Eospirifer Schuchert |
| 1952 | Eospirifer Kirk and Amsden |
| 1974 | Eospirifer Bassett and Cocks |
| 1996 | Eospirifer Villas and Cocks p. 586 |
| 2002 | Eospirifer Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Eospirifer Williams et al. p. 1695 |
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!
