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Juralina

Classification

    Phylum:  
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Terebratulida
    Superfamily:  
Loboidothyridoidea
    Family:  
Postepithyrididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Juralina KYANSEP, 1961, p. 29
    Type Species:  
J. procerus, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1401, 4a-b. * J. procerus, Kimmeridgian, Crimea, dorsal and lateral views of holotype, X1 (Muir-Wood, 1965a).——Fig. 1401, 4c-d. J. cervicula Rollier, Upper Jurassic, Germany, c, dorsal view, d, ventral view of dorsal valve interior, X1 (Cooper, 1983).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, Caucasus, Crimea, Malaysia, ?Morocco


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Oxfordian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
161.53
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Kimmeridgian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
149.24


Description

Large, elongate oval, smooth, planoconvex or biconvex, anterior commissure rectimarginate to gently uniplicate, beak elongate, straight to suberect, foramen large, permesothyrid, symphytium high, exposed (externally homeomorphic with Rectithyris), pedicle collar present, cardinal process prominent, medianly depressed, crural bases ventrally directed from hinge plates, loop triangular, strongly arched, with flattened bridge, 0.4 dorsal valve length




References



Museum or Author Information

Muir-Wood, 1965, Cooper, 1983