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Cariniferella
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Dalmanelloidea
Family:
Dalmanellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cariniferella Schuchert & COOPER, 1931, p. 246
Type Species:
Orthis carinata HALL, 1843b, p. 267, OD
Images
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Fig. 570, 3a-f. *C. carinata (Hall), Frasnian, New York, $a, b$, internal mold, rubber replica of dorsal valve, $X_{3}, c-f$, anterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral views of conjoined pair, X1.25 (Johnson & Talent, 1967a)., Fig. 570, 3g, h. C. tioga (Hall), Frasnian, New York, internal mold, rubber replica of ventral valve, $X_{1}$ (Johnson & Talent, 1967a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Transversely semioval, dorsibiconvex, sharply unisulcate valves, ventral and dorsal interareas catacline and orthocline respectively, ventral interior with bilobed muscle scar, dorsal interior with small, trilobed cardinal process, muscle scar petaloid
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Dalmanelloidea
Family:
Dalmanellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cariniferella Schuchert & COOPER, 1931, p. 246
Type Species:
Orthis carinata HALL, 1843b, p. 267, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 570, 3a-f. *C. carinata (Hall), Frasnian, New York, $a, b$, internal mold, rubber replica of dorsal valve, $X_{3}, c-f$, anterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral views of conjoined pair, X1.25 (Johnson & Talent, 1967a)., Fig. 570, 3g, h. C. tioga (Hall), Frasnian, New York, internal mold, rubber replica of ventral valve, $X_{1}$ (Johnson & Talent, 1967a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Transversely semioval, dorsibiconvex, sharply unisulcate valves, ventral and dorsal interareas catacline and orthocline respectively, ventral interior with bilobed muscle scar, dorsal interior with small, trilobed cardinal process, muscle scar petaloid