''Spiriferina'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of brachiopods that lived from the

Late Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...

to the

Middle Jurassic The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 163.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relatively rare, but geological formations co ...

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, and

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.''Spiriferina''
in the

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Species

The following species have been described: * ''

Spiriferina abichi ''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.Spiriferina alia ''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.Spiriferina betacalcis ''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.Spiriferina borealis ''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.Spiriferina cassiana ''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.Spiriferina coreyi ''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.Spiriferina elegantissima ''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.Spiriferina fortis ''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.Spiriferina homfrayi ''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.Spiriferina kiparisovae ''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.Spiriferina munsterii ''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.Spiriferina nicklesi ''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.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''

Species

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