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Delepinea
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Delepinea MUIR-WOOD, 1962, p. 99
Type Species:
Productus comoides J. SOWERBY, 1822 in 1821-1822, p. 31, OD
Images
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Fig. 268a, b. *D. comoides (Sowerby), Viséan, Westmorland, England, articulated shell, ventral, dorsal views, X1 (Muir-Wood, 1962), ——Fig. 268c, d. D. destinezi (Vaughan), Viséan, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, ventral valve interior, accessory adductor scars, X1 (Muir-Wood, 1962), ——FIG. 268e, f. D. carinatus (Garwood), Viséan, Westmorland, England, ventral valve exterior, dorsal valve interior, x1$ (Muir-Wood, 1962)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
France, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, northern Africa, Asia, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Large, markedly transverse in outline, with posteriorly thickened ventral valve, longitudinal profile strongly arched posteriorly, radial ornamentation capillate to costellate, spines orthomorph oblique when preserved.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Delepinea MUIR-WOOD, 1962, p. 99
Type Species:
Productus comoides J. SOWERBY, 1822 in 1821-1822, p. 31, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 268a, b. *D. comoides (Sowerby), Viséan, Westmorland, England, articulated shell, ventral, dorsal views, X1 (Muir-Wood, 1962), ——Fig. 268c, d. D. destinezi (Vaughan), Viséan, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, ventral valve interior, accessory adductor scars, X1 (Muir-Wood, 1962), ——FIG. 268e, f. D. carinatus (Garwood), Viséan, Westmorland, England, ventral valve exterior, dorsal valve interior, x1$ (Muir-Wood, 1962)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
France, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, northern Africa, Asia, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Large, markedly transverse in outline, with posteriorly thickened ventral valve, longitudinal profile strongly arched posteriorly, radial ornamentation capillate to costellate, spines orthomorph oblique when preserved.