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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida

Waagen, 1883
Family:
Cyrtinidae
Genus:
†Eospirifer

Schuchert, 1913
Species
  • Eospirifer radiatus
  • Eospirifer dasifiliformis
  • Eospirifer lachrymose
  • Eospirifer praecursor

Select species
  • Eospirifer radiatus
    Eospirifer radiatus
  • Eospirifer dasifiliformis
  • Eospirifer lachrymose
  • Eospirifer praecursor


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