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Dmitria

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferida
    Superfamily:  
Cyrtospiriferoidea
    Family:  
Cyrtospiriferidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Dmitria SIDIACHENKO, 1961, p. 80
    Type Species:  
Spirifer (Cyrtospirifer) Romanowskii NALIVKIN, 1930, p. 127, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1134, 2a-d. *D. romanowskii (Nalivkin), Tian Shan, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and lateral views, × 0.7 (Nalivkin, 1930).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Tian Shan, Kazakhstan, western Canada


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Devonian (Famennian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
371.1
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Devonian (Famennian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Medium to large, strongly biconvex, equidimensional or elongate, with obtuse cardinal angles, ventral interarea short, strongly incurved, fold and sulcus poorly differentiated, entire surface with numerous fine costellae and capillae, dental plates long, thin, intrasinal, ctenophoridium elevated on median ridge




References



Museum or Author Information

Nalivkin, 1930