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Devonoproductus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Linoproductoidea
    Family:  
Monticuliferidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Devonoproductus STAINBROOK, 1943, p. 55
    Type Species:  
Productella walcotti Fenton & Fenton, 1924, p. 119, OD, nom. nov. pro Productus dissimilis Hall, 1858a, p. 497, non de Koninck, 1847a, p. 225, =P. (Productella) hallana WALCOTT, 1884, p. 130, partim


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Fossil Image
Fig. 383, 1a-f. *D. walcotti (Fenton & Fenton), Frasnian, Iowa, a, b, shell viewed posteriorly, laterally, X2, c, ventral valve exterior, X2, d, ventral valve interior, × 2, e, f, dorsal valve exterior, interior, × 3 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).


Synonyms

Striatoproductus


Geographic Distribution

North America, Europe, central Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
378.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
371.1


Description

Small, outline subcircular, cicatrix small, rare, spines suberect at hinge, widely scattered ventrally from bases wider than ribs, dorsal lamellae prominent, lateral ridges may continue anteriorly, median septum long, not supporting cardinal process. Upper Devonian (Frasnian): North America, Europe, central Asia.




References



Museum or Author Information

Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960