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Neospirifer ✝

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Neospirifer is an extinct genus of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neospirifer, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8036915	https://www.gbif.org/species/8036915
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	29458	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=29458

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Neospirifer

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Spiriferida	Waagen 1883
suborder	Spiriferidina	Waagen 1883
superfamily	Spiriferoidea
family	Trigonotretidae	Schuchert 1893
subfamily	Neospiriferinae	Waterhouse 1968
genus	Neospirifer	Fredericks 1924

Scientific Name

Neospirifer Fredericks, 1924

Name Published In

Bull. Com. Géol. Leningrad, 38

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Neospirifer	subgenus	belongs to Spirifer	stated with evidence	Reed, 1944
Neospirifer	genus	belongs to Spiriferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Neospirifer	genus	belongs to Spiriferidae	stated without evidence	Shen et al., 2003
Neospirifer	genus	belongs to Neospiriferinae	stated with evidence	Waterhouse, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

359 - 354 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

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)

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/Neospirifer

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Neospirifer (Neospirifer) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		163	296 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Neospirifer (Quadrospira) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		66	296 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Neospirifer amphigyus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	299 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer amplus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neospirifer apothescelus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	304 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Neospirifer arthurtonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Neospirifer bakeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	304 Ma Carboniferous	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer cameratiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Neospirifer cameratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		73	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Neospirifer campbelli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	331 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer chiasta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer chivatschensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer columbarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer concentricus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neospirifer crassiconchialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Neospirifer crassicostatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Neospirifer dunbari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		153	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	260 Ma Permian
Neospirifer fasciger ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	304 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Neospirifer foordi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Neospirifer formulosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer goreii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	318 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer gortani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer grandis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Neospirifer grandis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	265 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Neospirifer hardmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer hongdeensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer huecoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neospirifer incipiens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer invisus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Neospirifer kansasensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	307 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer kimsari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	296 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer koewbaidhoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer lanceolatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neospirifer latus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	314 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer licharewi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	323 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Neospirifer mansuetus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer mengjiushanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer moosakhailensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer neali ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neospirifer neocameratus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer neostriatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Neospirifer notialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neospirifer omolonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer orientalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	304 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer paranitiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer parenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Neospirifer pattersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer permicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neospirifer placidus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer plana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer plicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer postplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer praenuntius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	339 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer preplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer pseudonitiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer ravana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer rhomboidalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Neospirifer rhomboides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer shenshuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer snjatkovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer sodalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Neospirifer sterlitamakensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	304 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer striatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	296 Ma Permian
Neospirifer subfasciger ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	299 Ma Carboniferous	265 Ma Permian
Neospirifer subovalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Neospirifer tajmyrica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Neospirifer tegulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Neospirifer tewaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer tibetensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer tricostatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer trimuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	269 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Neospirifer triplicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		112	318 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer undatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	296 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Neospirifer vagaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Neospirifer venezuelensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Neospirifer woolagensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospirifer wynneiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Spirifer (Neospirifer) bakeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Spirifer (Neospirifer) huecoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Wadispirifer hongdeensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Wadispirifer ravana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		16	299 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Alphaneospirifer Gatinaud, 1949	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : *Alphaneospirifer*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1919	Neospirifer Fredericks
1944	Spirifer (Neospirifer) Reed p. 196
2002	Neospirifer Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Neospirifer Shen et al. p. 83
2004	Neospirifer Waterhouse
2004	Wadispirifer Waterhouse
2006	Neospirifer Williams et al. p. 1789

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Reed F. R. C. (1944) Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range, Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23 2, 1-596

Shen S.-Z., Shi G. R., et al (2003) Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopods from the Qubuerga Formation at the Qubu section in the Mt. Qomolangma region, southern Tibet (Xizang), China, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 268 1-3, 49-101

Waterhouse J. B. (2004) Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal, Earthwise 6, 1-259

Williams A., Brunton C. H. C., et al (2006) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part) 5, 1689-2320

Bull. Com. Géol. Leningrad, 38 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. 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

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