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Costisteges

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Suborder:  
Strophalosiidina
    Superfamily:  
Aulostegoidea
    Family:  
Aulostegidae
    Subfamily:  
Chonosteginae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Costisteges LIAO, 1982, p. 540
    Type Species:  
C. dongluoensis, OD


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Published figures inadequate for illustration.


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Geographic Distribution

China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (Changhsingian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
254.24
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (Changhsingian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Resembles Chonosteges, but lacks the complex spine, funnel arrangement bordering the corpus cavity. Published figures inadequate for illustration. Upper Permian (Changhsingian): China.




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