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Fusella
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Paeckelmannelloidea
Family:
Strophopleuridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Fusella M'COY, 1844, p. 128
Type Species:
Spirifera fusiformis PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 217, OD
Images
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Fig. 1203, 1a-e. * F. fusiformis (Phillips), holotype, ventral, lateral, dorsal, posterior, and anterior views, X1 (Waterhouse, 1970)., ——Fig. 1203, If-g. F. rhomboidea (Phillips), f, dorsal interior, X4, g, ventral interior, X3 (Brunton & Rissoné, 1976).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
British Isles
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Small, fold and sulcus with several weak costae, growth lamellae not imbricate, ventral interior with high, subparallel dental adminicula placed well within sulcus, otherwise similar to Voiseyella
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Paeckelmannelloidea
Family:
Strophopleuridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Fusella M'COY, 1844, p. 128
Type Species:
Spirifera fusiformis PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 217, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1203, 1a-e. * F. fusiformis (Phillips), holotype, ventral, lateral, dorsal, posterior, and anterior views, X1 (Waterhouse, 1970)., ——Fig. 1203, If-g. F. rhomboidea (Phillips), f, dorsal interior, X4, g, ventral interior, X3 (Brunton & Rissoné, 1976).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
British Isles
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Small, fold and sulcus with several weak costae, growth lamellae not imbricate, ventral interior with high, subparallel dental adminicula placed well within sulcus, otherwise similar to Voiseyella