Trigonotretidae

Trigonotretidae is an extinct family of articulate brachiopods belonging to the order Spiriferida.

Trigonotretidae
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian [1]
Fossil of Neospirifer ravana from Greenland, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Suborder:
Spiriferidina
Superfamily:
Spiriferoidea
Family:
Trigonotretidae

Schuchert, 1893

These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous and Permian periods, from 360.7 to 252.3 Ma.[1]

Genera
  • Aperispirifer Waterhouse, 1968
  • Betaneospirifer Gatinaud, 1949
  • Blasispirifer Kulikov, 1950
  • Brachythyrinella
  • Cartorhium Cooper and Grant, 1976
  • Costatispirifer Archbold and Thomas, 1985
  • Crassispirifer Archbold and Thomas, 1985
  • Cratispirifer Archbold and Thomas, 1985
  • Fasciculatia Waterhouse, 2004
  • Frechella
  • Fusispirifer Waterhouse, 1966
  • Gibbospirifer Waterhouse, 1971
  • Gypospirifer Cooper and Grant, 1976
  • Imperiospira Archbold and Thomas, 1993
  • Kaninospirifer
  • Lepidospirifer Cooper and Grant, 1969
  • Neospirifer Fredericks, 1919
  • Occidalia Archbold, 1997
  • Pondospirifer Waterhouse, 1978
  • Quadrospira Archbold, 1997
  • Saltospirifer Cisterna and Archbold, 2007
  • Septospirifer Waterhouse, 1971
  • Sulciplica Waterhouse, 1968
  • Trigonotreta Koenig, 1825

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
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