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Heterelasmina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Terebratulida
    Suborder:  
Terebratulidina
    Superfamily:  
Dielasmatoidea
    Family:  
Heterelasminidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Heterelasmina LIKHAREV, 1939b, p. 120
    Type Species:  
Hemiptychina dieneri GEMMELLARO, 1899, p. 100, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1347, 4a. *H. dieneri (Gemmellaro), interior of dorsal valve, X1 (Gemmellaro, 1899)., Fig. 1347, 4b-e. H. genuflexa Gemmellaro, Palermo, Sicily, b-c, dorsal and ventral views, d, lateral view, e, interior of dorsal valve, X1.5 (Stehli, 1962).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Sicily, northern Caucasus, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Laos


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Guadalupian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Roadian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
274.37
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Lopingian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Small to medium, elongate oval, straight sided, planoconvex, smooth posteriorly with a few plicae developing anteriorly, anterior commissure emarginate, uniplicate to sulciplicate, foramen permesothyrid, strongly labiate, pedicle collar present, hinge plates obsolete, crura arising from crural plates




References



Museum or Author Information

Gemmellaro, 1899, Stehli, 1962