Eospirifer

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.

Eospirifer Temporal range: middle Silurian - early Devonian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	†Spiriferinida
Suborder:	†Cyrtinidina
Superfamily:	†Cyrtinoidea
Family:	†Cyrtinidae
Genus:	†Eospirifer Schuchert, 1913
Species
Eospirifer radiatus Eospirifer dasifiliformis Eospirifer lachrymose Eospirifer praecursor

Select species

• Eospirifer radiatus^[1]

  

  Eospirifer radiatus

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

References

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

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