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Eosophragmophora

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Orthida
    Superfamily:  
Dalmanelloidea
    Family:  
Dalmanellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Eosophragmophora Wang in Wang, Yu, & WU, 1974, p. 36
    Type Species:  
E. sinensis, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 573, 1a-f. * E. sinensis, Emsian, southern China, $a-c$, ventral, dorsal, posterior views of conjoined valves, x2 . 5 )}^{2}$, ventral interior, $\\mathbf{X}_{3}$, $e, f$, normal, tilted views of dorsal interior, $X_{3}$ (Wang & Rong, 1986).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

southern China, Australia (New South Wales)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
410.51
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Subcircular, medium-sized valves with open delthyrium, dorsal interior lacking fulcral plates




References



Museum or Author Information

Wang & Rong, 1986