Eospirifer Explained

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^[1]
• Eospirifer dasifiliformis
• Eospirifer lachrymose
• Eospirifer praecursor^[2]

Notes and References

1. Villas . E. . Cocks . L. R. M. . The First Early Silurian Brachiopod Fauna from the Iberian Peninsula . Journal of Paleontology . 1996 . 70 . 4 . 571–588 . 10.1017/S0022336000023544 . 1306520 . 1996JPal...70..571V . 0022-3360.
2. Zhan . RenBin . Jin . JiSuo . Liang . Yan . Meng . LingKai . Evolution and paleogeography of Eospirifer (Spiriferida, Brachiopoda) in Late Ordovician and Silurian . Science China Earth Sciences . September 2012 . 55 . 9 . 1427–1444 . 10.1007/s11430-012-4458-4. 2012ScChD..55.1427Z .