Eospirifer

Eospirifer; Temporal range: middle Silurian - early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Spiriferida; Waagen, 1883
Family:	Cyrtinidae
Genus:	†Eospirifer; Schuchert, 1913
Species
	Eospirifer radiatus; Eospirifer dasifiliformis; Eospirifer lachrymose; Eospirifer praecursor;

Eospirifer is a genus of extinct brachiopod in the class Rhynchonellata (Articulata) and the order Spiriferida. Their fossils occur most commonly in marine calcareous, microbialitic mudstones with extensive mudcracks or shelly packstones, generally mid-Silurian to early-Devonian in age.

Select species

Eospirifer radiatus
Eospirifer dasifiliformis
Eospirifer lachrymose
Eospirifer praecursor

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