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Spiriferella sulcifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer sulcifera was named by Shumard (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was corrected as Spirifer sulciferus by Shumard (1859); it was recombined as Spiriferella sulcifer by Cooper and Grant (1976), Torres-Martínez et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. drashei, S. leilhavii, S. minnewankensis, S. saranaeformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Spirifer sulcifera Shumard p. 293
1859Spirifer sulciferus Shumard p. 391 figs. Pl 11, figs 3a-c
1976Spiriferella sulcifer Cooper and Grant p. 2235 figs. Pl 628, figs 20-36; pl 631, figs 22-26
2019Spiriferella sulcifer Torres-Martínez et al. p. 52 figs. 5.5-5.7, 5.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusSpiriferella()
speciessulcifer()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Spiriferella sulcifer Shumard 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.843.3014.07.254.81

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Spiriferella sulcifer (81619 81939 101867 102619 105902 106108 106138 106244 106245 106299)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Spirifer sulcifera (133736) Spiriferella sulcifer (81618 81623 81624 81626 81706 105894 105895 105903 105993 106243 106248 106249)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Mexico (Coahuila) Spiriferella sulcifer (200253)