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Gypidula

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Pentamerida
    Superfamily:  
Gypiduloidea
    Family:  
Gypidulidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Gypidula ivdelensis KHODALEVICH, 1951, p. 22
    Type Species:  
Gypidula ivdelensis KHODALEVICH, 1951, p. 22, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 681, 2a–d. *G. typicalis (AMSDEN), Cedar Valley Group, Iowa, USA; a–c, dorsal, anterior, lateral views, ×1 (Amsden, 1965); d, serial section at 5.0 mm from tip of ventral umbo (Godefroid, 1979).


Synonyms

Procerulina


Geographic Distribution

Europe, Urals, Central Asia, Siberia, USA (Alaska), Canadian Arctic Islands


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Lochkovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
419
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Devonian (Eifelian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
385.3


Description

Medium to large sized, galeatiform, costate to plicate, costae distinctly bifurcating anteriorly, crossed by fine concentric ridges, with or without ventral median septum, outer hinge plates discrete or rarely united into cruralium




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