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Brachyspirifer ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4867588https://www.gbif.org/species/4867588
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)29131https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29131
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Hysterolitidae : Brachyspirifer
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
-Lophophorata
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferidaWaagen 1883
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyDelthyridoideaPhillips 1841
familyHysterolitidaeTermier and Termier 1949
subfamilyHysterolitinaeTermier and Termier 1949
genusBrachyspiriferWedekind 1926
Scientific NameBrachyspirifer Wedekind, 1926
Name Published Inin Salamon, Grundzüge der Geol., 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brachyspirifergenusbelongs to Hysterolitinaestated without evidenceJohnson, 1995
Brachyspirifergenusbelongs to Spiriferidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Brachyspirifergenusbelongs to Hysterolitinaestated with evidenceWilliams et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance403 - 388 Ma
Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Spiriferida)
Visionblind (based on Rhynchonellata)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Spiriferida)
Taphonomylow 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Brachyspirifer pinyonoides ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian		408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Brachyspirifer sphaeroides
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Brachyspirifer transiens
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Brachyspirifer ventroplicatus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Brachyspirifer Johnson p. 198
2002Brachyspirifer Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Brachyspirifer Williams et al. p. 1830

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Johnson J. G. (1995) Patriaspirifer, a new genus of Lower Devonian spiriferid brachiopods, Journal of Paleontology 69 1, 198-198
Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in Salamon, Grundzüge der Geol., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
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