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Dictyoclostus
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyoclostus MUIR-WOOD, 1930, p. 103
Type Species:
Anomites semireticulatus MARTIN, 1809, p. 7, OD
Images
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Fig. 331a-d. *D. semireticulatus (MarTIN), upper Viséan, Yorkshire, neotype, ventral, dorsal, posterior, lateral views, BMNH B45691, X1 (new)., Fig. 331e. D. pinguis (Muir-Wood), upper Viséan, Yorkshire, wax replica of dorsal valve interior, X1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, ?Asia, ?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
Medium to commonly large, ribbing entire, ginglymus absent, spines clustered at ears, otherwise weak, cardinal ridges weak, not extended as ear baffles
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyoclostus MUIR-WOOD, 1930, p. 103
Type Species:
Anomites semireticulatus MARTIN, 1809, p. 7, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 331a-d. *D. semireticulatus (MarTIN), upper Viséan, Yorkshire, neotype, ventral, dorsal, posterior, lateral views, BMNH B45691, X1 (new)., Fig. 331e. D. pinguis (Muir-Wood), upper Viséan, Yorkshire, wax replica of dorsal valve interior, X1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, ?Asia, ?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
Medium to commonly large, ribbing entire, ginglymus absent, spines clustered at ears, otherwise weak, cardinal ridges weak, not extended as ear baffles