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Clorinda
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Pentamerida
Superfamily:
Clorindoidea
Family:
Clorindidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clorinda BARRANDE, 1879b, p. 109
Type Species:
C. armata, OD
Images
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Fig. 696, 1a-c. *C. armata, Hlubocepy Limestone, Prague region, Czech Republic, lateral, dorsal, posterior views, x1$ (Barrande, 1879b).", "Fig. 696, 1d-f. C. tumidula, Gun River Formation, Anticosti, Québec, Canada, ventral, anterior, dorsal views, x1$ (Schuchert & Cooper, 1932)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia, North America, Greenland, Australia, North Africa
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Rhuddanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small to medium, smooth, ventribiconvex, dorsal fold and ventral sulcus well developed anteriorly, inner hinge plates discrete, widely spaced apart, hinge plates not lyre shaped in cross section, carinae present.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Pentamerida
Superfamily:
Clorindoidea
Family:
Clorindidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clorinda BARRANDE, 1879b, p. 109
Type Species:
C. armata, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 696, 1a-c. *C. armata, Hlubocepy Limestone, Prague region, Czech Republic, lateral, dorsal, posterior views, x1$ (Barrande, 1879b).", "Fig. 696, 1d-f. C. tumidula, Gun River Formation, Anticosti, Québec, Canada, ventral, anterior, dorsal views, x1$ (Schuchert & Cooper, 1932)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia, North America, Greenland, Australia, North Africa
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Rhuddanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small to medium, smooth, ventribiconvex, dorsal fold and ventral sulcus well developed anteriorly, inner hinge plates discrete, widely spaced apart, hinge plates not lyre shaped in cross section, carinae present.