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Hedeina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferida
    Superfamily:  
Cyrtioidea
    Family:  
Cyrtiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hedeina BOUCOT, 1957b, p. 323
    Type Species:  
Anomia crispa LINNAEUS, 1758, p. 702, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1107, 3a-f. * H. crispa (Linnaeus), origin uncertain, a-e, holotype, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1, f, microornament, X3.7 (Brunton, Cocks, & Dance, 1967).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Europe, Kazakhstan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian (upper Wenlock)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Homerian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
428.68
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (upper Emsian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

With broad, low plications.




References



Museum or Author Information

Brunton, Cocks, & Dance, 1967