Marine Species Traits - Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou, 1858 †

Traits taxon details

Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou, 1858 †

AphiaID

1802540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1802540)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spirifer Sowerby, 1818 †

Original name

Spirifer rocky-montani Marcou, 1858 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of ) Marcou, J. (1858). Geology of North America with two reports on the prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California, originally made for the United States Government. pp. vi + 1-144, pls. 1-7, 3 maps (Zurich, privately published)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53272369
note: Described p. 50, plate 7. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou, 1858 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1802540 on 2025-05-29

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou, 1858 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1802540 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-03-07 23:22:18Z

created

Verhoeff, Tristan

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Sources (3)
Attributes (7)

original description (of ) Marcou, J. (1858). Geology of North America with two reports on the prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California, originally made for the United States Government. pp. vi + 1-144, pls. 1-7, 3 maps (Zurich, privately published)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53272369
note: Described p. 50, plate 7. [details]

basis of record Gehrig, J. L. (1958). Middle Pennsylvanian Brachiopods From the Mud Springs Mountains and Derry Hills, New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Memoir 3, pp. 1-24, 6 plates.
note: Describes material from New Mexico and provides detailed list of earlier synonymy. [details] Available for editors

additional source Dunbar, C. O.; Condra, G. E. (1932). Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska. <em>Nebraska Geological Survey, Bulletin, second series.</em> 5: 1-377. [details]

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