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Callispirina
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferinida
Superfamily:
Pennospiriferinoidea
Family:
Paraspiriferinidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Callispirina Cooper & MUIR-WOOD, 1951, p. 195, nom. nov. pro Mansuyella REED, 1944, p. 249, non ENDO, 1937
Type Species:
Spiriferina ornata WAAGEN, 1883a, p. 505, OD
Images
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Fig. 1276, 3a-d. * C. ornata (WaAgen), Guadalupian, Pakistan, holotype, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and lateral views, X1 (Waagen, 1883a).——Fig. 1276, 3e-k. C. rotunda Cooper & Grant, Guadalupian, Texas, e-i, holotype, dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1, j-k, ventral and dorsal interiors, X2 (Cooper & Grant, 1976b).
Synonyms
Maia, Maya
Geographic Distribution
Pakistan, USA (Texas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian (Guadalupian)
Beginning International Stage:
Roadian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
274.37
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian (Lopingian)
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Small to medium size, strongly biconvex, outline transversely subovate, lateral slopes with few strong, angular plicae separated by angular interspaces, fold and sulcus moderately differentiated, angular, slightly wider than lateral plicae or interspaces, microornament of regularly and closely spaced, slightly lamellose growth laminae fringed with single row of few short, solid spinules and bearing 2 rows of punctae, cardinal process raised, knoblike, supported by low dorsal adminicula that border dorsal adductor field, otherwise similar to Paraspiriferina.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferinida
Superfamily:
Pennospiriferinoidea
Family:
Paraspiriferinidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Callispirina Cooper & MUIR-WOOD, 1951, p. 195, nom. nov. pro Mansuyella REED, 1944, p. 249, non ENDO, 1937
Type Species:
Spiriferina ornata WAAGEN, 1883a, p. 505, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1276, 3a-d. * C. ornata (WaAgen), Guadalupian, Pakistan, holotype, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and lateral views, X1 (Waagen, 1883a).——Fig. 1276, 3e-k. C. rotunda Cooper & Grant, Guadalupian, Texas, e-i, holotype, dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1, j-k, ventral and dorsal interiors, X2 (Cooper & Grant, 1976b).
Synonyms
Maia, Maya
Geographic Distribution
Pakistan, USA (Texas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian (Guadalupian)
Beginning International Stage:
Roadian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
274.37
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Permian (Lopingian)
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Small to medium size, strongly biconvex, outline transversely subovate, lateral slopes with few strong, angular plicae separated by angular interspaces, fold and sulcus moderately differentiated, angular, slightly wider than lateral plicae or interspaces, microornament of regularly and closely spaced, slightly lamellose growth laminae fringed with single row of few short, solid spinules and bearing 2 rows of punctae, cardinal process raised, knoblike, supported by low dorsal adminicula that border dorsal adductor field, otherwise similar to Paraspiriferina.