Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Synonym: Plicatocyrtia
Full reference: N. G. Lane. 1963. A Silicified Morrowan Brachiopod Faunule from the Bird Spring Formation, Southern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 37(2):379-392
Parent taxon: Sergospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Afghanospirifer, Brachiokasakhstania, Cancellospirifer, Eobrachythyris, Eochoristitella, Sergospirifer
Subtaxa: Anthracospirifer arcoensis Anthracospirifer birdspringensis Anthracospirifer curvilateralis Anthracospirifer leidyi Anthracospirifer occiduus Anthracospirifer oliveirai Anthracospirifer shawi Plicatocyrtia zitteli
Type: Anthracospirifer birdspringensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Brazil (2 collections), Canada (8: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Egypt (1), Italy (1), United States (279: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Idaho-Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 291 collections including 328 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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