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Neospirifer

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Neospirifer
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian [1]
Fossil of Neospirifer ravana from Greenland, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Neospirifer

Fredericks 1919
Synonyms
  • Wadispirifer Waterhouse 2004

Neospirifer is an extinct genus of articulate brachiopod fossils belonging to the family Trigonotretidae.

These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous and Permian periods, from 360.7 to 252.3 Ma. Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, United States, Canada, China, Australia, India, Palistan Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala and Venezuela.[1]

Description

Neospirifer species have shells with robust valves, a prominent sulcus and a characteristic ridge.[2]

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