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Balakhonia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Suborder:  
Productidina
    Superfamily:  
Linoproductoidea
    Family:  
Linoproductidae
    Subfamily:  
Linoproductinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Balakhonia Sarytcheva in Sarytcheva & OTHERS, 1963, p. 231
    Type Species:  
B. ostrogensis, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 365, 2a-d. *B. ostrogensis, upper Viséan-Serpukhovian, Ostrog Formation, Kuzbass, a-c, holotype, internal mold of ventral valve, dorsal valve external, internal molds, PIN 1493/278, X1, d, incomplete dorsal valve interior, x2 (Sarytcheva & others, 1963).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eurasia, ?northern Africa


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan
    Beginning International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
335.91
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Carboniferous (Bashkirian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
315.15


Description

"Medium size, ventral vided, bordered posterolaterally by ridges."




References



Museum or Author Information

Sarytcheva & others, 1963