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Histosyrinx

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Spiriferinida
    Superfamily:  
Syringothyridoidea
    Family:  
Syringothyrididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Histosyrinx Termier & Termier in Massa, Termier, & TERMIER, 1974, p. 168
    Type Species:  
H. vautrini, OD


Images

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Fossil Image
Fig. 1263, 2a-g. * H. vautrini, a-b, syntype, dorsal and posterior views, X1.33, c, ventral interior, X1.2, d, ventral interior, X1.36 (Massa, Termier, & Termier, 1974), e-g, transverse sections, X1 (Legrand-Blain, 1974).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Libya


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carboniferous (upper Tournaisian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
351
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carboniferous (upper Tournaisian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
346.73


Description

Dental adminicula greatly thickened by callus deposits that converge to simulate delthyrial plate, syrinx supported by short, stout median septum, otherwise similar to Septosyringothyris




References



Museum or Author Information

Massa, Termier, & Termier, 1974, Legrand-Blain, 1974