Spiriferina
| Spiriferina Temporal range: Late Silurian - Middle Jurassic ~
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| Genus: | Spiriferina D'Orbigny, 1847
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b Spiriferina in the Paleobiology Database
Further reading[edit]
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- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 89)
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Categories:
- Spiriferida
- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Silurian brachiopods
- Devonian brachiopods
- Carboniferous brachiopods
- Permian brachiopods
- Triassic brachiopods
- Jurassic brachiopods
- Paleozoic brachiopods of Asia
- Paleozoic brachiopods of Europe
- Paleozoic brachiopods of North America
- Paleozoic brachiopods of South America
- Triassic Colombia
- Silurian first appearances
- Middle Jurassic extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1847
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