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Compressoproductus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Suborder:  
Productidina
    Superfamily:  
Linoproductoidea
    Family:  
Monticuliferidae
    Subfamily:  
Compressoproductinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Compressoproductus Sarytcheva in Sarytcheva, Licharew, & SOKOLSKAJA, 1960, p. 231
    Type Species:  
Productus compressus WAAGEN, 1884, p. 710, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 382, 1ac. *C. compressus (Waagen), Productus Limestone, Salt Range, Pakistan, ventral valve exterior viewed ventrally and from both sides, x0.8 (Waagen, 1884).


Synonyms

Substriatifera


Geographic Distribution

Pakistan, northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus, southeastern Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (Kazanian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Roadian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
274.37
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (upper Tatarian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
40
    Ending Date:  
257.43


Description

Medium size, elongate trigonal outline resembling Stratifera, but commonly with a narrow hinge, deeper corpus cavity, and rugae persisting over both valves, ventral lateral ridges weak, shell substance thin




References



Museum or Author Information

Waagen, 1884