Patriaspirifer duodenaris (Hall 1843)

Taxonomy

Lamp shell

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Family: Hysterolitidae
Genus: Patriaspirifer
Species: Patriaspirifer duodenaris
Author Citation Hall 1843

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Givetian

Stratigraphy

Hamilton Group
Moscow Formation
Kashong Member

Provenance

Collector: Mediospirifer
Date Collected: 10/08/2014
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Length: 5 mm
Width: 9 mm

Location

Livingston County
New York
United States

• brachiopod
• devonian
• givetian
• hamilton group
• hysterolitidae
• kashong member
• lamp shell
• livingston county
• middle devonian
• moscow formation
• new york
• p.duodenaris
• paleozoic
• patriaspirifer
• phanerozoic
• rhynchonellata
• rrke 10082014 002
• spiriferida
• united states

Comments

Found as surface float on the scree pile at the Kashong exposure.

Originally assigned to Delthyris, reassigned to Spirifer, Acrospirifer, and Patriaspirifer.

Alternate spellings: P. duodenaris, P. duodenaria, P. duodenarius.

Does not appear in Fossilworks or Wilson’s “Field Guide to the Devonian Fossils of New York”. Classification information from Fossilworks entry for Patriaspirifer genus.

Reference:

Linsley, D. M. Devonian Paleontology of New York. (1994) Paleontological Research Institution Special Publication 21.

Hall, J. Palaeontology of New York v.  4. (1867)

Fossilworks. http://fossilworks.org

Yale Peabody Museum Collections website (http://peabody.yale.edu/collections/invertebrate-paleontology)