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Ambocoelia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Ambocoelioidea
Family:
Ambocoeliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ambocoelia HALL, 1860, p. 71
Type Species:
Orthis umbonata CONRAD, 1842, p. 264, OD
Images
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Fig. 1137, 1 a-c .* A. umbonata (Conrad), ventral, dorsal, lateral views, X1.5, d-e, dorsal and ventral interiors, X3 (Pitrat, 1965).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Devonian
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Planoconvex to concavoconvex, megathyrid, ventral interarea low, with beak incurved, commissure uniplicate or straight, with faint growth lines and weak to obscure capillae
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Ambocoelioidea
Family:
Ambocoeliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ambocoelia HALL, 1860, p. 71
Type Species:
Orthis umbonata CONRAD, 1842, p. 264, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1137, 1 a-c .* A. umbonata (Conrad), ventral, dorsal, lateral views, X1.5, d-e, dorsal and ventral interiors, X3 (Pitrat, 1965).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Devonian
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Planoconvex to concavoconvex, megathyrid, ventral interarea low, with beak incurved, commissure uniplicate or straight, with faint growth lines and weak to obscure capillae