Eospirifer

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Eospirifer
Mucrospirifer sp.
Mucrospirifer sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhychonelliformea
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Spiriferida
Waagen, 1883
Family:  ?
Genus: Eospirifer
Species
  • Eospirifer radiatus
  • Eospirifer dasifiliformis
  • Eospirifer lachrymose
  • Eospirifer praecursor

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.

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  • Eospirifer radiatus
  • Eospirifer dasifiliformis
  • Eospirifer lachrymose
  • Eospirifer praecursor