Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia |
Phylum: Brachiopoda |
Class: Rhynchonellata |
Order: Atrypida |
Family: Atrypidae |
Genus: Spinatrypa |
Species: Spinatrypa spinosa (Hall, 1843) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
References
Hall (1843): Original description and illustration: p. 200.
Hall (1867): Description: pp. 322-325, Figures: pl. 53A.
Remarks
Originally described by Hall (1843) as Atrypa spinosa.
Comments from Wilson (2014): “Medium-sized shell, with valves almost equally convex, marked by coarse plications ending in spine bases at the growth lines (spines rarely preserved). To 25-30 mm.”