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Boucotia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferida
    Suborder:  
Spiriferida - Suborder uncertain
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Boucotia GILL, 1969, p. 1, 227
    Type Species:  
Anoplia australis GILL, 1942, p. 38, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1246, 1a-d. *B. australis (GILL), Humevale Formation, a-b, exterior, interior of articulated shell, c, ventral valve interior, d, dorsal valve interior, X8 (Gill, 1969).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

southeastern Australia, Argentine Precordillera


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Lochkovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
419
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Shell small, subcircular, ventral interarea apsacline, surface smooth or finely capillate, crested septa in both ventral and dorsal valves or in ventral valve only




References



Museum or Author Information

Gill, 1969