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Eoreticularia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferida
    Superfamily:  
Reticularioidea
    Family:  
Reticulariidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Eoreticularia Nalivkin in FREDERIKS, 1924, p. 314
    Type Species:  
Spirifer indifferens BARRANDE, 1848, p. 159, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1237, 1a-e. *E. indifferens (Barrande), Emsian, Czech Republic, a-d, dorsal, ventral, anterior, lateral views, X1.5, e, transverse section of dorsal valve, X3 (Havlíček, 1959).——Fig. 1237, 1f. E. fraterna (Barrande), Emsian, Czech Republic, transverse section showing delthyrial plate, X3 (Havlíček, 1959).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Kazakhstan, Urals, China, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian (Ludlow)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Gorstian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
426.74
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
371.1


Description

Medium to large, equidimensional to slightly transverse, with rounded cardinal extremities, low, curved ventral interarea, fold obscure, sulcus shallow, deepening anteriorly and producing uniplicate commissure, lateral plications generally lacking or very faintly expressed, microornament of growth lamellae and minute granules arranged in radial rows, lacking spines, long, thin dental plates and delthyrial plate or ridge, short crural plates joining median septum or ridge, cardinal process smooth.




References



Museum or Author Information

Havlíček, 1959, Havlíček, 1959