Eospirifer
Sign in to saveEospirifer 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.
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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.
==Select species== Eospirifer radiatusthumb|Eospirifer radiatus|250px|right Eospirifer dasifiliformis Eospirifer lachrymose Eospirifer praecursor
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Devonian brachiopodsEarly Devonian genus extinctionsFossils of Georgia (U.S. state)Paleontology in New HampshirePaleozoic brachiopods of AsiaPaleozoic life of OntarioPaleozoic life of QuebecPaleozoic life of the Northwest TerritoriesPrehistoric brachiopod generaSilurian brachiopodsSilurian first appearances