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Ambikella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferida
    Superfamily:  
Martinioidea
    Family:  
Ingelarellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ambikella Sahni & SRIVASTAVA, 1956, p. 207
    Type Species:  
A. fructiformis, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1157, 2a-d. *A. fructiformis, a-c, ventral, dorsal, posterior views, X1, d, oblique-posterior view, enlarged (Sahni & Srivastava, 1956).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

India


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carboniferous (?Pennsylvanian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
323.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carboniferous (?Pennsylvanian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Gzhelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
298.89


Description

Morphology inadequately known. Seemingly similar to Ingelarella but based on a single poorly preserved specimen. Carboniferous (?Pennsylvanian): India.




References



Museum or Author Information

Sahni & Srivastava, 1956