| Spiriferina Temporal range: Early Jurassic ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | † Spiriferinida |
| Family: | † Spiriferinidae |
| Subfamily: | † Spiriferininae |
| Genus: | † Spiriferina D'Orbigny, 1847 |
Spiriferina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived in the Early Jurassic. Its representatives have been reported from Europe, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Alaska. [1]
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The genus used to be treated more widely, so earlier reports were from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand. [2]
