Brachiopods Division

Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhychonelliformea
Class: Rhynchonellata

Brachiopods (from Latin brachium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot) are a small phylum of benthic invertebrates. Also known as lamp shells (or lampshells), "brachs" or Brachiopoda, they are sessile, two-valved, marine animals with an external morphology superficially resembling pelecypods (for instance, clams) of phylum Mollusca to which they are not closely related. It is estimated by paleobiologists that 99 percent of all documented lamp-shell species are both fossils and extinct.

Genus Listed Brachiopods

Genus: Articulata

Image Code F3311

Catalogue No.: F3311 Description: Brachiopod shell, Articulata spirifer. Yates County, New York. Size: 68 x 34mm.

Image Code F3312

Catalogue No.: F3312 Description: Brachiopod shell, Articulata spirifer. Yates County, New York, USA. Size: 50 x 38mm.

Image Code F3324

Catalogue No.: F3324 Description: Brachiopod. Articulata spirifer. Rockford, Iowa. USA. Size: 27 x 14mm.

Image Code F3329

Catalogue No.: F3329 Description: Brachiopod shells, Articulata spirifer mucrinuta. Canada. 17 pieces. Size: Average of 47 x 19mm.

Image Code F3354

Catalogue No.: F3354 Description: Brachiopod shell, Articulata spirifer. Iowa River, Iowa, USA. Size: 12 x 24mm.

Genus: Brachioplla

Image Code F3381

Catalogue No.: F3381 Description: Brachiopod shells, Brachioplla iowensis. Cedar Valley Formation. Vinton, Iowa. Middle Devonian. Size: 105 x 52mm.

Genus: Cyclothyris

Image Code F3559

Catalogue No.: F3559 Description: Brachiopod shell, Cyclothyris sp. 2 pieces. Size: Average of 15 x 16mm.

Genus: Cyrtospirifer

Image Code F691

Catalogue No.: F691 Description: Brachiopod shell, Cyrtospirifer elegans. (Plates) x 18 pieces. Size: average 400 X 400mm.

Image Code F4115

Catalogue No.: F4115 Description: Cyrtospirifer elegans. Devonian. 360 million years old. Barvaux, Belgium. Size: 140 X 160mm.

Genus: Dechenella

Image Code F3303

Catalogue No.: F3303 Description: Dechenella alpenensis. Genshaw Formation. Alpena Co., Michigan. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 92 x 26mm.

Genus: Devonochonetes

Image Code F3426

Catalogue No.: F3426 Description: Devonochonetes fragilis. Silica Formation, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 280 x 210mm.

Genus:Derbyia

Image Code F3350

Catalogue No.: F3350 Description: Fossil Brachiopod Shell, Derbyia sp. Permian. USA. Size: 57 x 52mm.

Genus: Homoespira

Image Code F3624

Catalogue No.: F3624 Description: Homoespira evan. Waldron Shale Formation. Bartholemew Co., IN. Middle Silurian Period. 424 MYA. 4 pieces. Size: Average of 19 x 16mm.

Genus: Isjuminella

Image Code F3385

Catalogue No.: F3385 Description: Isjuminella decorata. Poix, Terron, Ardennes, France. Upper Jurassic Period. Size: 31 x 36mm.

Genus: Lepidocyclus

Image Code F3407

Catalogue No.: F3407 Description: Lepidocyclus capax. Liberity Formation, Southgate, Indiana, USA. Middle Ordovician Period. Size: 235 x 145mm.

Genus: Mediospirifer

Image Code F3367

Catalogue No.: F3367 Description: (A) Brachiopod. Mediospirifer audaculus. Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. (B) Brachiopod. Parispirifer bownockeri. Silica Shale Formation, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 118 x 54mm.

Image Code F3400

Catalogue No.: F3400 Description: Mediospirifer audaculus. Silica Formation, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 40 x 23mm.

Image Code F3401

Catalogue No.: F3401 Description: Mediospirifer audaculus. Silica Formation, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 34 x 18mm.

Image Code F3402

Catalogue No.: F3402 Description: Mediospirifer audaculus. Silica Formation, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. 2 pieces. Size: 42 x 27mm.

Genus: Mucrospirifer

Image Code F3331

Catalogue No.: F3331 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer thedfordensis.  Widder Formation. Arkona, Ontario. Middle Devonian Period. 21 pieces. Size: 39 x 20mm.

Image Code F3353

Catalogue No.: F3353 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer thedfordensis. Widder Formation, Arkona, Ontario, Canada. Middle Devonian Period. 21 pieces. Size: Average of 41 x 19mm.

Image Code F3356

Catalogue No.: F3356 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer thedfordensis. Widder Formation. Arkona, Ontario, Canada. Middle Devonian Period. 21 pieces. Size: 30 x 21mm.

Image Code F3368

Catalogue No.: F3368 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer sp. 200 pieces. Size: Average of 41 x 2mm.

Image Code F3541

Catalogue No.: F3541 Description: Mucrospirifer thedfordensis. Widder Formation. Arkona, Ontario, Canada. Middle Devonian Period. 54 pieces. Size: Average of 33 x 24mm.

Image Code F3545

Catalogue No.: F3545 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer sp. 13 pieces. Size: Average of 52 x 20mm.

Image Code F3546

Catalogue No.: F3546 Description: Mucrospirifer profondus. Silica Formation, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. 8 pieces. Size: Average of 24 x 17mm.

Image Code F3547

Catalogue No.: F3547 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer sp. 4 pieces. Size: Average of 49 x 22mm.

Image Code F3548

Catalogue No.: F3548 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer sp. 5 pieces. Size: Average of 31 x 15mm.

Image Code F3550

Catalogue No.: F3550 Description: Brachiopod shells, Mucrospirifer sp. 8 pieces. Size: Average of 35 x 15mm.

Genus: Neospirifer

Image Code F3309

Catalogue No.: F3309 Description: Brachiopod. Neospirifer condor. Copacabana Group, Yaurichambi, Los Andes Province, La Paz Department. Bolivia. Lower Permian Period. Wolfcampian. Dan Ryder Fossils. 3 pieces. Size: 83 x 55mm.

Genus: Onniella

Image Code F3630

Catalogue No.: F3630 Description: Onniella elegantula. Brachiopod Fossil. Waldron Shale Formation. Bartholemew Co., IN. Middle Silurian Period. 424 MYA. 69 pieces. Size: Average of 85 x 84mm.

Genus: Paraspirifer

Image Code F3276

Catalogue No.: F3276 Description: Paraspirifer bownockeri. With a Mideospirifer attached. Silica Formation. Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 86 x 79mm.

Image Code F3296

Catalogue No.: F3296 Description: Paraspirifer bownockeri. Silica Formation. Lucas County, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 49 x 35mm.

Image Code F3302

Catalogue No.: F3302 Description: Paraspirifer bownockeri. Silica Formation. Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 139 x 113mm.

Image Code F3310

Catalogue No.: F3310 Description: Brachiopod shells, Paraspirifer sp. Size: 63 x 47mm.

Image Code F3360

Catalogue No.: F3360 Description: Brachiopod. Parispirifer bownockeri. Silica Shale Formation. Sylvannia, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: Average of 36 x 46mm.

Image Code F3361

Catalogue No.: F3361 Description: Brachiopod shells, Paraspirifer bownockeri.  Silica Shale Formation. Sylvannia, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 165 x 140mm.

Image Code F3362

Catalogue No.: F3362 Description: Brachiopod. Parispirifer bownockeri. Silica Shale Formation. Sylvannia, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 175 x 175mm.

Image Code F3363

Catalogue No.: F3363 Description: Brachiopod. Parispirifer bownockeri. Silica Shale Formation. Sylvannia, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 145 x 140mm.

Image Code F3364

Catalogue No.: F3364 Description: Brachiopod. Parispirifer bownockeri. Silica Shale Formation. Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 146 x 90mm.

Image Code F3397

Catalogue No.: F3397 Description: Paraspirifer bownockeri. Silica Formation, Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. 3 pieces. Size: Average of 59 x 33mm.

Image Code F3398

Catalogue No.: F3398 Description: Brachiopod shells, Paraspirifer bownockeri. 4 pieces. Size: 43 x 54mm.

Image Code F3399

Catalogue No.: F3399 Description: Paraspirifer bolouockeri with Mediospirifer attached. Silica Formation, Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 46 x 39mm.

Genus: Pantamerus

Image Code F4106

Catalogue No.: F4106 Description: Fossil Brachiopod Shell, Pantamerus sp. Silurian to the Middle Devonian. Springfield fm. Wayne County, Indiana. Size: 300 X 325mm.

Genus: Rhyncotreta

Image Code F3560

Catalogue No.: F3560 Description: Rhyncotreta cuneata. Brachiopold Fossil. Waldron Shale Formation. Bartholemew Co., IN. Middle Silurian Period. 424 MYA. 2 pieces. Size: Average of 14 x 7mm.

Genus: Rhipodomella

Image Code F3326

Catalogue No.: F3326 Description: Brachiopod shells, Rhipodomella vanuxemi. Silica Formation. Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA. Middle Devonian Period. 13 pieces. Size: 22 x 20mm.

Genus: Scaphiocoelia

Image Code F3314

Catalogue No.: F3314 Description: Brachiopod. Scaphiocoelia boliviensis. Icla Series. Scaphiocoelia zone. La Paz, Bolivia. Lower Devonian Period. Dan Ryder Fossils. Size: 67 x 49mm.

Genus: Schizophoria

Image Code F3327

Catalogue No.: F3327 Description: Schizophoria ferronensis. Silica Formation. Washtenaw Co., Michigan, USA. Middle Devonian Period. 14 pieces. Size: Average of 37 x 28mm.

Genus: Spirifer

Image Code F867 Image Code F867a

Catalogue No.: F867 Description: Brachiopod shells, Spirifer sp. Devonian. USA. 4,534 pieces. Size: Approximately 35 x 45mm.

Image Code F3375

Catalogue No.: F3375 Description: Brachiopod shells, Spirifer sp. Fregion, Chile. Jurassic Period. 33 pieces. Size: Average of 42 x 33mm.

Image Code F3384

Catalogue No.: F3384 Description: Brachiopod shells, Spirifer sp Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Devonian Period. Size: 45 x 31mm.

Image Code F3393

Catalogue No.: F3393 Description: Brachiopod shells, Spirifer sp. Pyritized. Brachiopod. Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Devonian Period. 3 pieces. Size: Average of 53 X 34mm.

Genus: Stegerhynchus

Image Code F3304

Catalogue No.: F3304 Description: Stegerhynchus whitei. Waldron Shale Formation. Shelby County, Indiana, USA. Middle Silurian Period. 424 MYA. Size: 39 x 74mm.

Image Code F3625

Catalogue No.: F3625 Description: Stegerhynchus whitei. Fossil Brachiopod. Waldron Shale Formation. Bartholomew Co., IN. Middle Silurian Period. 424 MYA. 3 pieces. Size: Average of 10 x 10mm.

Genus: Strophomenia

Image Code F3420

Catalogue No.: F3420 Description: Brachiopod shells, Strophomenia sp. Liberity Formation. Southgate, Indiana. Middle Ordovician Period. Size: 220 x 175mm.

Genus: Sylvania

Image Code F3325

Catalogue No.: F3325 Description: Brachiopod shell, Sylvania sp. Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 39 x 31mm.

Image Code F3355

Catalogue No.: F3355 Description: Brachiopod shell, Sylvania sp. Ohio, USA. Middle Devonian Period. Size: 48 x 36mm.

Genus: Whitfieldella

Image Code F3636

Catalogue No.: F3636 Description: Whitfieldella nitida. Fossil Brachiopod shells. Middle Silurian Period. 424 MYA. Waldron Shale Formation. Bartholemew Co., IN, USA. 2 pieces. Size: Average of 24 x 19mm.

General Brachiopods

Image Code F3298

Catalogue No.: F3298 Description: 2 brachiopod shells, and coral fossil. Size: 83 x 57mm.

Image Code F3300 Image Code F3300a

Catalogue No.: F3300 Description: Brachiopod shell, Similar to Mediospirfer audaculus and Paraspirifer sp. Size: 180 x 120mm.

Image Code F3308

Catalogue No.: F3308 Description: Brachiopod shell in matrix. Coal County, Oklahoma, USA. Lower Devonian Period. 370 MYA. 6 pieces. Size: Average of 106 x 67mm.

Image Code F3316

Catalogue No.: F3316 Description: Brachiopod shell. Silica, Ohio, USA. Devonian Period. Size: 59 x 41mm.

Image Code F3317

Catalogue No.: F3317 Description: Brachiopod shell. 15 pieces. Size: Average of 20 x 29mm.

Image Code F3321

Catalogue No.: F3321 Description: Brachiopods in matrix. Coal Co., Oklahoma, USA. Lower Devonian Period. 370 MYO. 10 pieces. Size: Average of 104 x 83mm.

Image Code F3328

Catalogue No.: F3328 Description: Brachiopod shell. Cerro Gorde. Iowa, USA. Devonian Period. Size: 26 x 24mm.

Image Code F3345

Catalogue No.: F3345 Description: Brachiopod shell. Size: 63 x 52mm.

Image Code F3347

Catalogue No.: F3347 Description: Brachiopod shell. Size: 51 x 44mm.

Image Code F3349

Catalogue No.: F3349 Description: Brachiopod shell. Size: 65 x 36mm.

Image Code F3351

Catalogue No.: F3351 Description: Brachiopod shell. Size: 89 x 63mm.

Image Code F3357

Catalogue No.: F3357 Description: Brachiopod shell. Magon Creek Formation. Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Pennsylvanian Period. Size: 35 x 19mm.

Image Code F3358

Catalogue No.: F3358 Description: Brachiopod shell. Silica Formation. Silica, Ohio, USA. Devonian Period. Size: 51 x 26mm.

Image Code F3411

Catalogue No.: F3411 Description: Brachiopod shells. Size: 215 x 160mm.

Image Code F3452

Catalogue No.: F3452 Description: Black Cat Mountain Brachiopod shells. Box Set. Various. 12 pieces. Size: Average of 350 x 275mm.

Image Code F3453

Catalogue No.: F3453 Description: Black Cat Mountain Brachiopod shells. Box Set. Various. 12 pieces. Size: Average of 350 x 275mm.

Image Code F3543

Catalogue No.: F3543 Description: Brachiopod shells. 46 pieces. Size: Average of 125 x 86mm.

Image Code F3552

Catalogue No.: F3552 Description: Brachiopod shell.  Mid Jurrasic. Rhynchone, Normandie, France. Size: 21 x 20mm.

Image Code F3553

Catalogue No.: F3553 Description: Brachiopod shell.  Mid Jurassic. Rhynchone, Normandie, France. Size: 21 x 11mm.

Image Code F3554

Catalogue No.: F3554 Description: Brachiopod shell.  Mid Jurassic. Digonella, Normandie, France. Size: 21 x 19mm.

Image Code F3555

Catalogue No.: F3555 Description: Brachiopod shell.  Mid Jurrasic. Stiphrot, Normandie, France. Size: 23 x 19mm.

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