Spiriferina Explained

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]

• Spiriferina abichi
• Spiriferina alia
• Spiriferina betacalcis
• Spiriferina borealis
• Spiriferina cassiana
• Spiriferina coreyi
• Spiriferina elegantissima
• Spiriferina fortis
• Spiriferina homfrayi
• Spiriferina kiparisovae
• Spiriferina munsterii
• Spiriferina nicklesi
• Spiriferina panderi
• Spiriferina papillosa
• Spiriferina rostrata
• Spiriferina roundyi
• Spiriferina rupicola
• Spiriferina salomonensis
• Spiriferina slovenica
• Spiriferina subfragilis
• Spiriferina terebratuloides
• Spiriferina terzadica
• Spiriferina tornata
• Spiriferina toulai
• Spiriferina triplicata
• Spiriferina walcotti
• Spiriferina yukonensis

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=29642 Spiriferina