Spiriferina
Extinct genus of brachiopods
| Spiriferina Temporal range: Late Silurian - Middle Jurassic ~422–171 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Spiriferina rostrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Spiriferida |
| Suborder: | Spiriferinidina |
| Family: | Spiriferinidae |
| Genus: | Spiriferina D'Orbigny, 1847 |
Spiriferina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.[1]
Species
The following species have been described:[1]
- Spiriferina abichi
- Spiriferina alia
- Spiriferina betacalcis
- Spiriferina borealis
- Spiriferina cassiana
- Spiriferina coreyi
- Spiriferina elegantissima
- Spiriferina fortis
- Spiriferina homfrayi
- Spiriferina kiparisovae
- Spiriferina munsterii
- Spiriferina nicklesi
- Spiriferina panderi
- Spiriferina papillosa
- Spiriferina rostrata
- Spiriferina roundyi
- Spiriferina rupicola
- Spiriferina salomonensis
- Spiriferina slovenica
- Spiriferina subfragilis
- Spiriferina terebratuloides
- Spiriferina terzadica
- Spiriferina tornata
- Spiriferina toulai
- Spiriferina triplicata
- Spiriferina walcotti
- Spiriferina yukonensis
References
Paleontology portal
- ^ a b Spiriferina in the Paleobiology Database
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spiriferina.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 89)
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