Spiriferina
| Spiriferina Temporal range: Early Jurassic ~
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Spiriferinida |
| Family: | †Spiriferinidae |
| Subfamily: | †Spiriferininae |
| Genus: | †Spiriferina D'Orbigny, 1847 |
Spiriferina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived in the Early Jurassic. Its representatives have been reported from Europe, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Alaska.[1]
The genus used to be treated more widely, so earlier reports were from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.[2]
Species
The following species have been described within the genus:[2]
- 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
However, some of the above-listed species have been transferred to other genera since the original description, for example S. alpina and S. rostrata to the genus Liospiriferina.[3][4]
References
- ^ Carter, J.L. & Johnson, J.G. (2006) Spiriferinida, [In:] Roger L. Kaesler (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part), Boulder, Colorado–Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, pp. 1877–1937.
- ^ a b Spiriferina in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Comas-Rengifo, María José; García Joral, Fernando; Goy, A. (2006). "Spiriferinida (Brachiopoda) del Jurásico Inferior del NE y N de España: distribución y extinción durante el evento anóxico oceánico del Toarciense inferior". Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. (Sec. Geol.). 101 (1–4): 147–157. ISSN 0583-7510.
- ^ Alméras, Yves; Cougnon, Michel (2013). "Les Spiriférines (Brachiopodes) liasiques de Vendée (France) : différentes espèces, évolution et paléoenvironnements". Le Naturaliste Vendéen. 11: 3–21.
Further reading
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- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 89)