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Anidanthus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Linoproductoidea
    Family:  
Linoproductidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Anidanthus Hill, 1950, p. 9, Linoproductus springsurensis BOOKER, 1932, p. 67
    Type Species:  
Linoproductus springsurensis BOOKER, 1932, p. 67, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 368, 1ad. *A. springsurensis (Booker), New South Wales, $a$, ventral valve exterior, $\\mathbf{X}$, $b$, dorsal valve exterior, $X_{2}$, $c$, ventral valve interior, $X_{2}$, $d$, replica of dorsal valve interior, x2$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).


Synonyms

Anidanthus, ?Pseudomarginifera,


Geographic Distribution

Australia, northern and central Asia, central America


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Lower Permian
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
259.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
lower Upper Permian
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Medium size, transverse shells with large, well-differentiated ears forming maximum width, ribbing on both valves, except ears, rugae lamellose dorsally, spines in row near hinge, widely scattered on corpus, trail, dorsal interior with thickened shell posteromedianly, median septum about half disk length




References



Museum or Author Information

Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960