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Eliva

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferida
    Superfamily:  
Spiriferoidea
    Family:  
Spiriferidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Eliva FREDERIKS, 1924, p. 319
    Type Species:  
Spirifer lyra KUTORGA, 1844, p. 92, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1175, 2a-d. *E. lyra (Kutorga), southern Urals, syntype, dorsal, anterior, lateral, and ventral views, X1 (Chernyshev, 1902).——Fig. 1175, 2e-f. E. shumardi Cooper & Grant, dorsal and ventral interiors, X2 (Cooper & Grant, 1976a).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Russia, USA (Texas)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Cisuralian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
298.89
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Cisuralian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Small for subfamily, longitudinally guttate in outline, otherwise similar to Purdonella




References



Museum or Author Information

Chernyshev, 1902, Cooper & Grant, 1976