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Chaoiella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Chaoiella FREDERICKS, 1933, p. 27
    Type Species:  
Productus semireticularis var. gruenewaldti KROTOW, 1888, p. 546, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 332, 2a–e. *C. gruenewaldti (KROTOW), Artinskian, Russia; ac, ventral, lateral, dorsal views of large specimen, × 1; d, posterior view of ventral exterior, × 1; e, posterodorsal view of specimen showing cardinal process, ×1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eurasia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Artinskian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
290.51
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Artinskian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
283.3


Description

Ears large, strong ventromedian sulcus, resembles Reticulatia, but with more densely scattered ventral spines and clusters on ears




References



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