''Spiriferina'' is an extinct

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s that lived from the

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, North America,

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Species

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Spiriferina abichi ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina alia ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina betacalcis ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina borealis ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina cassiana ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina coreyi ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina elegantissima ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina fortis ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina homfrayi ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina kiparisovae ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina munsterii ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina nicklesi ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina panderi ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina papillosa ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina rostrata ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina roundyi ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina rupicola ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina salomonensis ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina slovenica ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina subfragilis ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina terebratuloides'' * ''

Spiriferina terzadica ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina tornata ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina toulai ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina triplicata ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina walcotti ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferina yukonensis ''Spiriferina'' is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.Spiriferida Prehistoric brachiopod genera Silurian brachiopods Devonian brachiopods Carboniferous brachiopods Permian brachiopods Triassic brachiopods Jurassic brachiopods Paleozoic brachiopods of Asia Paleozoic brachiopods of Europe Paleozoic brachiopods of North America Paleozoic brachiopods of South America Triassic Colombia Silurian first appearances Middle Jurassic extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1847 {{Triassic-animal-stub