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Brachyzyga
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Superfamily:
Stringocephaloidea
Family:
Meganterididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Brachyzyga KOZLOWSKI, 1929, p. 243
Type Species:
B. pentameroides, OD
Images
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Fig. 1331, 5 a-c .* B. pentameroides, Lochkovian, Podolia, Poland, a-b, holotype, dorsal and anterior views, X1, c, drawing of loop, X2 (Cloud, 1942).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Podolia, Lochkovian, central Asia, ?Pridoli
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (?Pridoli), Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
422.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (?Pridoli), Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Ending International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
412.4
Description
Description as for subfamily
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Superfamily:
Stringocephaloidea
Family:
Meganterididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Brachyzyga KOZLOWSKI, 1929, p. 243
Type Species:
B. pentameroides, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1331, 5 a-c .* B. pentameroides, Lochkovian, Podolia, Poland, a-b, holotype, dorsal and anterior views, X1, c, drawing of loop, X2 (Cloud, 1942).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Podolia, Lochkovian, central Asia, ?Pridoli
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (?Pridoli), Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
422.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (?Pridoli), Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Ending International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
412.4
Description
Description as for subfamily