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Gigantoproductus
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Gigantoproductus PRENTICE, 1950, p. 437
Type Species:
Anomites giganteus Martin, 1793, pl. 15, fig. 1 (invalid, ICZN, 1950), =Productus giganteus J. Sowerby, 1822 in 1821-1822, p. 19, SD MuirWood, 1951, p. 98 (species validated and SD confirmed, ICZN, 1956b, Opinion 420, p. 135)
Images
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Fig. 385a-c. *G. giganteus (J. Sowerby), upper Viséan, $a$, ventral valve exterior, England, x0.6$ (Muir-Wood, 1965b), $b, c$, incomplete dorsal valve interior, internal mold, northern Wales, $X_{1}$ (new).", "Fig. 386a-c. *G$. giganteus (J. Sowerby), upper Viséan, $a$, ventral valve internal mold, northern Wales, x0.6, } b, c$, ventral valve viewed posteriorly, showing damaged shell, and dorsally showing short ginglymus (arrow), Scotland, X0.5 (new)."
Synonyms
Gigantella, Anomites
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia, northern Africa
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Commonly gigantic, transverse, ribbing entire, but commonly irregular and weakened at trail plications, spines rare, ventral valve thick-shelled with pits accommodating dorsal brachial cones, cardinal process trifid, sessile
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Gigantoproductus PRENTICE, 1950, p. 437
Type Species:
Anomites giganteus Martin, 1793, pl. 15, fig. 1 (invalid, ICZN, 1950), =Productus giganteus J. Sowerby, 1822 in 1821-1822, p. 19, SD MuirWood, 1951, p. 98 (species validated and SD confirmed, ICZN, 1956b, Opinion 420, p. 135)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 385a-c. *G. giganteus (J. Sowerby), upper Viséan, $a$, ventral valve exterior, England, x0.6$ (Muir-Wood, 1965b), $b, c$, incomplete dorsal valve interior, internal mold, northern Wales, $X_{1}$ (new).", "Fig. 386a-c. *G$. giganteus (J. Sowerby), upper Viséan, $a$, ventral valve internal mold, northern Wales, x0.6, } b, c$, ventral valve viewed posteriorly, showing damaged shell, and dorsally showing short ginglymus (arrow), Scotland, X0.5 (new)."
Synonyms
Gigantella, Anomites
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia, northern Africa
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Commonly gigantic, transverse, ribbing entire, but commonly irregular and weakened at trail plications, spines rare, ventral valve thick-shelled with pits accommodating dorsal brachial cones, cardinal process trifid, sessile