Stenoscismatidae

Belongs within: Rhynchonellida.

The Stenoscismatidae are family of brachiopods known from the Middle Devonian to the Upper Permian (Ager et al. 1965).

Characters (Ager et al. 1965): Outline rhynchonelliform or uncinuliform, stolidium incipient, well developed, or degenerate, camarophorium and spondylium large, intercamarophorial plate present; early representatives small and weakly costate, late forms typically large, strongly or completely costate.

<==Stenoscismatidae [Camerophoriidae]
    |--TorynechinaeAG65
    |    |--Torynechus Cooper & Grant 1962AG65
    |    |    `--*T. caelatus Cooper & Grant 1962AG65
    |    `--Septacamera Stepanov 1937 [=Septocamera (l. c.)]AG65
    |         `--*S. kutorgae (Chernytshev 1902) [=Camarophoria kutorgae]AG65
    `--Stenoscismatinae [Camerophoriinae, Stenoschismatinae]DX84
         |--Coledium Grant 1965AG65
         |    |--*C. erugatum Grant 1965AG65
         |    |--C. evexumAG65
         |    `--C. rhomboidale (Hall & Clarke 1894)HB93
         `--Stenoscisma Conrad 1839DX84 (see below for synonymy)
              |--*S. schlotheimi (von Buch 1835) [=Terebratula schlotheimi, *Camerophoria schlotheimi]AG65
              |--‘Camarophoria’ acuminataG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ alpinaG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ crumenaG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ culojensisG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ globulinaG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ humbletonensisG31
              |--S. margaritovi (Tschernyschew 1883) [=Camarophoria margaritovi; incl. S. gigantea Li & Gu 1977]DX84
              |--‘Camarophoria’ multiplicataG31
              |--S. mutabilis (Tschernyschew 1902) [=Camarophoria mutabilis]DX84
              |--‘Camarophoria’ netschajewiG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ nuculaG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ pinguisG31
              |--‘Camarophoria’ plicataG31
              |--S. purdoniDX84 [=Camarophoria purdoniG31]
              |--S. purdoniformis (Grabau 1931) [=Camarophoria purdoniformis]DX84
              |--‘Camarophoria’ semiplicataG31
              |--S. superstes (Verneuil 1845) [=Terebratula superstes, Camarophoria superstes]DX84
              |--‘Camarophoria’ uniplicataG31
              |--S. venustumAG65
              |--‘Camarophoria’ waageniG31
              `--S. zhesiensis Duan & Li in Ding, Xia et al. 1984DX84

Stenoscisma Conrad 1839^DX84 [=Camarophoria Herrmannsen 1846^AG65, Camerophoria King 1846^AG65, Stenochisma Grabau & Shimer 1907^AG65, Stenoschisma Oehlert 1887^AG65]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AG65] Ager, D. V., R. E. Grant, D. J. McLaren & H. Schmidt. 1965. Rhynchonellida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt H. Brachiopoda vol. 2 pp. H552–H632. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas Press: Lawrence (Kansas).

[DX84] Ding Y., Xia G., Duan C., Li W., Liu X. & Liang Z. 1984. Study on the early Permian stratigraphy and fauna in Zhesi district, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu (Inner Mongolia). Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 10: 1–244, 58 pls.

[G31] Grabau, A. W. 1931. The Permian of Mongolia: A report on the Permian fauna of the Jisu Honguer limestone of Mongolia and its relations to the Permian of other parts of the world. American Museum of Natural History: New York.

[HB93] Harper, D. A. T., C. H. C. Brunton, L. R. M. Cocks, P. Copper, E. N. Doyle, A. L. Jeffrey, E. F. Owen, M. A. Parkes, L. E. Popov & C. D. Prosser. 1993. Brachiopoda. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 427–462. Chapman & Hall: London.