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Halorella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Rhynchonellida
    Superfamily:  
Dimerelloidea
    Family:  
Halorellidae?
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Halorella BITTNER, 1884, p. 107
    Type Species:  
Rhynchonella amphitoma Bronn, 1832, p. 162, SD Hall & CLARKE, 1894, p. 832


Images

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Fossil Image
Fig. 847, 1 a-r .*H. amphitoma (Bronn), Norian, Pamirs, a-c, dorsal, ventral, anterior views, IGiG 200/6, x1, d-r, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from first section, 0.0, 0.3, 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, 2.4, 2.7, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 4.6, 5.3, 5.9, 6.7 (Dagys, 1963).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps, Carpathians, Turkey, Pamirs, northeastern Siberia, China, Indonesia, western USA, New Zealand


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Triassic (?upper Carnian, Norian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
26.1
    Beginning Date:  
234.47
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Triassic (?upper Carnian, Norian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
227.3


Description

Medium size to large, transverse oval to subpentagonal with sharp costae beginning from umbo, sulci on both valves or uniplicate, beak suberect, ridges sharp, foramen oval, hypothyrid, deltidial plates conjunct. Dental plates distinct, ventrally divergent, pedicle collar present, septum weak or absent, long ciliform crura.




References



Museum or Author Information

IGiG, Dagys, 1963