Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Alternative combinations: Spirifer saranae, Spiriferina (Spiriferella) saranae
Synonym: Spiriferella kolymaensis Zavodowsky 1970
Full reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512
Belongs to Spiriferella according to J. I. Tazawa 2008
See also Brabb and Grant 1971, de Verneuil 1845, Grabau 1931, Kalashnikov 1998, Keyserling 1846, Li et al. 1986, Shi and Waterhouse 1996, Tschernyschew 1902, Tschernyschew and Stepanow 1916, Waterhouse 2004 and Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
Sister taxa: Spiriferella antefurcata, Spiriferella arctica, Spiriferella bituchensis, Spiriferella borealica, Spiriferella burgaliensis, Spiriferella calcarata, Spiriferella clypeata, Spiriferella consimilis, Spiriferella embrithes, Spiriferella gloverae, Spiriferella gravis, Spiriferella grunti, Spiriferella hinganensis, Spiriferella hoskingae, Spiriferella interplicata, Spiriferella jilongensis, Spiriferella keilhavii, Spiriferella keilhaviiformis, Spiriferella lata, Spiriferella legrandblaini, Spiriferella levis, Spiriferella loveni, Spiriferella magna, Spiriferella modesta, Spiriferella mugunica, Spiriferella nepalensis, Spiriferella orientensis, Spiriferella ovata, Spiriferella persaranae, Spiriferella personata, Spiriferella posterosulcata, Spiriferella primaeva, Spiriferella propria, Spiriferella pseudodraschei, Spiriferella pseudotibetana, Spiriferella rajah, Spiriferella salteri, Spiriferella scobina, Spiriferella scobinoidea, Spiriferella scopulosus, Spiriferella simplex, Spiriferella sinica, Spiriferella subsalteri, Spiriferella sulcifer, Spiriferella supplanta, Spiriferella tetralobata, Spiriferella turusica, Spiriferella unicostata, Spiriferella vaskovskii, Spiriferella vojnowskii, Spiriferella wangi, Spiriferella wimanni, Spiriferella yukonensis
Type specimens:
- Spiriferella saranae: Its type locality is Sarana, Ufa River, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation
- Spiriferella kolymaensis:
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (40: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon collections), China (6), Japan (2), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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