Cyrtospiriferidae is an extinct family of

brachiopod Brachiopods (), phylum (biology), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear e ...

Genera

* '' Acutella'' * '' Austrospirifer'' * '' Cyrtiopsis'' * ''

Cyrtospirifer ''Cyrtospirifer'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods. The fossils are present in the Middle and Upper Devonian. Taxonomy It is likely that ''Tenticospirifer'', that itself appeared during early Givetian, includes the ancestor of ''Cyrtospirif ...

'' * '' Dichospirifer'' * '' Dmitria'' * '' Eodmitria'' * '' Liraspirifer'' * '' Mennespirifer'' * '' Petshorospirifer'' * '' Platyspirifer'' * '' Pripyatispirifer'' * '' Sinospirifer'' * '' Sphaenospira'' * '' Syringospira'' * '' Tarandrospirifer'' * '' Tenticospirifer'' * '' Uchtospirifer'' Biolib
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References

Prehistoric protostome families Prehistoric brachiopods Brachiopod families Spiriferida {{Brachiopod-stub