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Eoschizophoria
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Enteletoidea
Family:
Schizophoriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eoschizophoria Rong & YANG, 1980, p. 286
Type Species:
Schizophoria hesta Rong & Yang in Rong, Xu, & YANG, 1974, p. 202, OD
Images
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Fig. 615, 1a-c. \*E. hesta (Rong \& Yang), Ludlow, southern China, ventral, dorsal, lateral views of conjoined pair, \times 1 (Rong, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China, Canada, central Asia, Podolia, USA
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Silurian (Ludlow)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Pragian)
Ending International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
410.51
Description
Small, biconvex valves, ventral interior with long, thin median ridge bisecting muscle scar, dorsal interior with delicate cardinalia, brachiophores narrowly divergent.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Enteletoidea
Family:
Schizophoriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eoschizophoria Rong & YANG, 1980, p. 286
Type Species:
Schizophoria hesta Rong & Yang in Rong, Xu, & YANG, 1974, p. 202, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 615, 1a-c. \*E. hesta (Rong \& Yang), Ludlow, southern China, ventral, dorsal, lateral views of conjoined pair, \times 1 (Rong, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China, Canada, central Asia, Podolia, USA
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Silurian (Ludlow)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Pragian)
Ending International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
410.51
Description
Small, biconvex valves, ventral interior with long, thin median ridge bisecting muscle scar, dorsal interior with delicate cardinalia, brachiophores narrowly divergent.