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Globosochonetes
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Anopliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Globosochonetes BRUNTON, 1968, p. 48
Type Species:
G. parseptus, OD
Images
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Fig. 252, 1a-d. *G. parseptus, Viséan, Fermanagh, Ireland, a, b, ventral valve, exterior, interior, c, lateral profile, d, dorsal valve interior, X .5 (Brunton, 1968).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Famennian)
Beginning International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
371.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Moscovian)
Ending International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
307.02
Description
Shell very small, strongly concavoconvex, strong radial ornamentation, ventral interarea orthocline with small pseudodeltidium, dorsal interarea almost linear, spines cyrtomorph bending medianly, disymmetrically arranged with two more spines on left side, ventral interior with short laterally elongated hinge teeth parallel to hinge line, dorsal interior showing short lobate median breviseptum in gerontic shells, long, narrow inner socket ridges supporting small cardinal process with small pit, anderidia reduced, anteriorly divergent at about 90°, accessory septa long, bladelike, anteriorly divergent at 10° to 15°.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Anopliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Globosochonetes BRUNTON, 1968, p. 48
Type Species:
G. parseptus, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 252, 1a-d. *G. parseptus, Viséan, Fermanagh, Ireland, a, b, ventral valve, exterior, interior, c, lateral profile, d, dorsal valve interior, X .5 (Brunton, 1968).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Famennian)
Beginning International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
371.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Moscovian)
Ending International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
307.02
Description
Shell very small, strongly concavoconvex, strong radial ornamentation, ventral interarea orthocline with small pseudodeltidium, dorsal interarea almost linear, spines cyrtomorph bending medianly, disymmetrically arranged with two more spines on left side, ventral interior with short laterally elongated hinge teeth parallel to hinge line, dorsal interior showing short lobate median breviseptum in gerontic shells, long, narrow inner socket ridges supporting small cardinal process with small pit, anderidia reduced, anteriorly divergent at about 90°, accessory septa long, bladelike, anteriorly divergent at 10° to 15°.