| Brachiopods |
| You can order any of the fossils listed below by clicking here |
Cambrian
Silurian of Oklahoma
Ordovician
| Pseudodicoelosia oklahomensis Henryhouse Fm £2/$3 |
| Coelospira saffordi Henryhouse Fm Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Dicoelosia oklahomensis Henryhouse Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
Dicoelosia biloba
Buildwas Formation
England
£2/$3
Buildwas Formation
England
£2/$3
Devonian
Atrypa reticularis
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Dalmanella concinna
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Coelospira virginiana
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Camarotoechia multiplicata
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Camarotoechia haraganensis
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Rhychospirina sp.
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Discomyorthis oblata
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Dicoelosia varica
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
Birdsong Shale, Ross Fm
Tennessee
£2/$3
| Plectodonta petila Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Craniops sp. Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Isorthis pygmaea Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Cyrtina dalmani Birdsong Shale Tennessee £2/$3 |
| Coelospira virginiana Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Dicoelosia varica Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Schizambon typicalis Weeks Formation, UT £3/$5 2+ on slab £8/$15 |
| Acrothele subsidua Wheeler Shale, UT £5/$8 |
| Acrothele colleni Spence Shale £5/$8 |
| Fardinia perfecta Weeks Formation, Utah Single - £5/$8 2+ on slab £8/$15 |
| Linnarsonella girty Davis Formation, MO ~ 1 to 2 mm £5/$8 |
| Obolus matinalis Franconia Fm, WI £5/$8 |
| Ocnerorthis monticula Davis Formation, MO £5/$8 |
| Prototreta trapeza Meagher Limestone Montana £5/$8 |
| Ctenodonta fecunda Maquoketa Shale Iowa Measures ~ 1 mm £2/$3 |
| Leptolobus sp. Maquoketa Shale Iowa Measures ~ 1 to 2 mm £2/$3 |
| Cleidophorus neglectus Maquoketa Shale Iowa Measures ~ 1 to 2 mm £2/$3 |
| Onychoplecia tenuis Bromide Formation Oklahoma Measures ~ 1 mm £2/$3 |
| Camarella sp. Arnheim Formation Ohio ~ 1 to 2 mm £2/$3 |
| Opikina extensa Bromide Formation Oklahoma ~2mm £2/$3 |
| Cyclospira parva Bromide Formation Oklahoma Measures ~ 1 mm £2/$3 |
| Protozyga elongata Bromide Formation Oklahoma ~ 1 mm £2/$3 |
| Discomyorthis oblata Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Levenea subcarinata Haragan Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Skenidioides henryhousensis Henryhouse Formation £2/$3 |
| Brachyprion attenuata Henryhouse Formation Oklahoma £2/$3 |
| Rhipidomelloides sp. Henryhouse Fm Oklahoma £2/$3 |
Silurian of Gotland
Click here to see our page dedicated to brachiopods from Gotland.
| Lower Devonian of Oklahoma 5 larger species - £10/$15 |
Mississippian
Brachiopods are one of the most abundant group of invertebrates in the fossil record. These filter
feeders have been around since the earliest Cambrian and although rare still survive today. They
reached their zenith in the Palaeozoic period, but at the mass extinction at the end of the Permian
they never recovered to their former level of diversity and were rapidly replaced by the bivalves.
The brachiopod animal lives within a pair of shells (valves), much like a modern day clam, but has a
body form that is significantly different thereby placing them in their own phylum.
The earliest Cambrian forms are typically small and simple, but throughout the Ordovician and
Silurian they rapidly diversified. Although some are known from these periods, it was during the
Devonian that the number of medium and large species reached a peak. (Faunas from New York,
Ohio, Morocco, Oklahoma and Tennessee are all characterised by this enlargement in comparison
to those seen in the Silurian).
Brachiopod faunas worldwide were hit hard by the Devonian mass extinction events and although
they persisted for another 100 million years through the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian
they remained consistently small and notably less diverse in morphology. Of the groups that
remained 90% went extinct with the Permian extinction.
There was a recovery in the Jurassic where some medium sized forms appeared, and although they
persisted through the period the bivalves had been able to better adapt to the post extinction seas
and filled many of the niches once filled by brachiopods. With the end Cretaceous mass extinction
the brachiopods faced yet another challenge but were able to endure and can still be found in
oceans today.
With more than 500 million year of history, brachiopods are an important index fossil and present a
vast array of forms for the collector.
feeders have been around since the earliest Cambrian and although rare still survive today. They
reached their zenith in the Palaeozoic period, but at the mass extinction at the end of the Permian
they never recovered to their former level of diversity and were rapidly replaced by the bivalves.
The brachiopod animal lives within a pair of shells (valves), much like a modern day clam, but has a
body form that is significantly different thereby placing them in their own phylum.
The earliest Cambrian forms are typically small and simple, but throughout the Ordovician and
Silurian they rapidly diversified. Although some are known from these periods, it was during the
Devonian that the number of medium and large species reached a peak. (Faunas from New York,
Ohio, Morocco, Oklahoma and Tennessee are all characterised by this enlargement in comparison
to those seen in the Silurian).
Brachiopod faunas worldwide were hit hard by the Devonian mass extinction events and although
they persisted for another 100 million years through the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian
they remained consistently small and notably less diverse in morphology. Of the groups that
remained 90% went extinct with the Permian extinction.
There was a recovery in the Jurassic where some medium sized forms appeared, and although they
persisted through the period the bivalves had been able to better adapt to the post extinction seas
and filled many of the niches once filled by brachiopods. With the end Cretaceous mass extinction
the brachiopods faced yet another challenge but were able to endure and can still be found in
oceans today.
With more than 500 million year of history, brachiopods are an important index fossil and present a
vast array of forms for the collector.
| Offered below is a large selection of brachiopods ranging from the Cambrian to Cretaceous. If you have species that are not listed please let us know. |
Silurian of Tennessee
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Jurassic & Cretaceous
| Vinlandostrophia clarksvillensis £3/$5 |
| Oxoplecia gouldi £3/$5 |
| Hebertella occidentalis £3/$5 |
| Rhynchotreta cuneata £3/$5 |
| Sieberella roemeri £3/$5 |
| Meristina maria £3/$5 |
| Homeospira evax £3/$5 |
| Macropleura niagarensis £3/$5 |
| Camarotoechia perryvillensis £3/$5 |
| Merista tennesseensis £3/$5 |
| Trigonorhynchia £3/$5 |
| Atrypa tennesseensis £3/$5 |
| Atrypa reticularis £3/$5 |
| Homeospira evax £3/$5 |
| Wilsonella saffordi £3/$5 |
| Stropheodonta demissa £3/$5 |
| Schizophora ferronensis £3/$5 |
| Tropidoleptus carinatus £3/$5 |
| Pseudatrypa devoniana £3/$5 |
| Nucleospira concinna £3/$5 |
| Cyrtina umbonata £3/$5 |
| Schizophora iowenis £3/$5 |
| Mucrospirifer thedfordensis £3/$5 |
| Hystriculina spinosa £3/$5 |
| Hystricina rockfordensis £3/$5 |
| Theodossia hungerfordi £3/$5 |
| Strophomelloides reversa £3/$5 |
| Cyrtospirifer whitneyi £3/$5 |
| Chonetinella verneuiliana £3/$5 |
| Mesolobus euampygus £3/$5 |
| Lissochonetes geinitzianus £3/$5 |
| Kozlowskia splendens £3/$5 |
| Desmoinesia muricatina £3/$5 |
| Neochonetes puebloense £3/$5 |
| Composita angusta £3/$5 |
| Composita subtilita £3/$5 |
| Hystriculina splendens £3/$5 |
| Derbyia crassus £3/$5 |
| Enteletes hemiplicatus £3/$5 |
| Rhipidomella carbonaria £3/$5 |
| Kurorginella lasallensis £3/$5 |
| Hystriculina wbashensis £3/$5 |
| Neochonetes granulifer £3/$5 |
| Meekella striatocostata £3/$5 |
| Juresania nebrascensis £3/$5 |
| Derbyia wabashensis £3/$5 |
| Composita grandis £3/$5 |
| Kingena wacoensis £3/$5 |
| Plectohyris fimbriata £3/$5 |
| Globirhynchia subobsoleta £3/$5 |
| Zeilleria leckerbyi £3/$5 |
| Zeilleria circularis £3/$5 |
| Flabellirhynchia lycetti £3/$5 |
Brachiopod Stratigraphic Reference Collection
| A collection of 75 different species of brachiopod ranging from the Cambrian to Cretaceous. A rare offering £200/$300 |
Brachiopod Collections
| Pennsylvanian Brachiopod collection 23 species £50/$70 |
| Permian Brachiopod collection 13 species £30/$45 |
| Devonian Haragan Brachiopod and Invertebrate collection 20 species £35/$50 |
| Silurian Brownsport Formation Brachiopod & invertebrate collection 30 species £50/$70 |
| Ordovician Bromide Formation Brachiopod & invertebrate collection 22 species £35/$50 |
| 30 Species Micro Brachiopod collection - £60/$90 A rare collection of microbrachiopods all housed in slide mounts. Cambrian to Devonian. |