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Datangia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Datangia Yang De-li in Yang De-li & others, 1977, p. 369, Datangia Yang SHI-PU, 1978, p. 122
Type Species:
D. luzhaiensis Ni Shi-zhao in Yang & OTHERS, 1977, p. 369, OD
Images
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Fig. 387, 2a-c. *D. luzhaiensis (NI Shizhao), Lower Carboniferous, Datang Stage, Guangxi, ventral, posterior, lateral views of specimen, x1$ (Yang & others, 1977).
Synonyms
Datangia, Moderatoproductus
Geographic Distribution
China, northern Africa
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Poorly known, large, outline subcircular to oval, ribbing strong, even, no plications, spines at hinge, on ears, scattered ventrally, brachial cones absent