Paraspirifer

Paraspirifer
Temporal range: Emsian-Givetian
Paraspirifer bownockeri, 42mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Suborder:
Delthyridina
Superfamily:
Delthyridoidea
Family:
Hysterolitidae
Genus:
Paraspirifer

Wedekind, 1926
species
  • P. cultrijugatus (Roemer, 1844) (type species) = Spirifer cultrijugatus
  • P. acuminatus (Conrad, 1839)
  • P. auriculatus (Sandberger, 1856)
  • P. bownockeri Stewart, 1927
  • p. bucculentus Solle, 1971
  • P. chillonensis (Quintero & Revilla, 1966) = Histerolites chillonensis[1]
  • P. curvatissimus Solle, 1971
  • P. eos Solle, 1971
  • P. globosa Solle, 1971
  • P. sandbergeri Solle, 1971

Paraspirifer is a genus of large brachiopods (up to about 7.5 centimetres or 3.0 inches) that lived during the late Lower and Middle Devonian in what now are Germany, Spain, Morocco and the United States (New York State and Ohio).

  1. ^ Pardo Alonso, M.V. (2002). "Revisión de Paraspirifer chillonensis (Quintero y Revilla, 1966), del Devónico inferior de Almadén (España)" [A revision of Paraspirifer chillonensis (Quintero y Revilla, 1966), from the Lower Devonian of Almadén (Spain)] (PDF). Boletín Geológico y Minero. 113 (1): 71–84. ISSN 0366-0176.