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Coolinia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Orthotetida
    Superfamily:  
Chilidiopsoidea
    Family:  
Chilidiopsidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Coolinia BANCROFT, 1949, p. 7
    Type Species:  
Orthis applanata SALTER, 1846, p. 72, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 485, 2a$f .{ }^{*}$ C. applanata (Salter), upper Llandovery, Mayo, Ireland, $a, b$, ventral valve internal mold, latex replica of ventral interior, $\\mathbf{X}_{\\mathbf{2}}$, c, dorsal valve internal mold, $X_{2}$, $d$, latex replica of dorsal interior, $X_{4}$, $e$, ventral valve external mold, $f$, latex replica of ventral exterior, x2$ (new).


Synonyms

Chilidiopsis, Krizistrophia


Geographic Distribution

cosmopolitan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rhuddanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
443.07
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian
    Ending International Stage:  
Pridoli
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
419


Description

Semioval to mucronate, biconvex, parvicostellate mainly by intercalation, fine concentric fila in interspaces, sporadically rugate, pedicle foramen not persisting in adult shell, pseudodeltidium apical, chilidium large, median basal node commonly developed between low cardinal process lobes, socket ridges recurved, ventral muscle scar flabellate, dorsal muscle scar divided by low myophore.




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