Spiriferina

Spiriferina
Temporal range: Late Silurian - Middle Jurassic ~422–171 Ma
Spiriferina rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Suborder: Spiriferinidina
Family: Spiriferinidae
Genus: Spiriferina
D'Orbigny, 1847

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

The following species have been described:[1]

References

Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 89)


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