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Kansuella
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kansuella СНАО, 1928, p. 67
Type Species:
Striatifera kansuensis СНАО, 1927b, p. 108, OD
Images
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Fig. 389a, b. *K. kansuensis, Viséan, Kansu, China, $a$, incomplete dorsal valve internal mold, x0.75, b$, posterior view of shell with short ginglymus, x0.75$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960)., Fig. 389c-e. Kansuella sp., upper Viséan, Scotland, incomplete shell viewed ventrally, dorsally, posteriorly, x0.75$ (new).
Synonyms
Parakansuella
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Transverse outline, weakly concavoconvex with weakly inflated ventral umbo and prominent ginglymus in both valves, rugae posteriorly, but weak anteromedianly, interiors as in Gigantoproductus but with bilobed cardinal process
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kansuella СНАО, 1928, p. 67
Type Species:
Striatifera kansuensis СНАО, 1927b, p. 108, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 389a, b. *K. kansuensis, Viséan, Kansu, China, $a$, incomplete dorsal valve internal mold, x0.75, b$, posterior view of shell with short ginglymus, x0.75$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960)., Fig. 389c-e. Kansuella sp., upper Viséan, Scotland, incomplete shell viewed ventrally, dorsally, posteriorly, x0.75$ (new).
Synonyms
Parakansuella
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Transverse outline, weakly concavoconvex with weakly inflated ventral umbo and prominent ginglymus in both valves, rugae posteriorly, but weak anteromedianly, interiors as in Gigantoproductus but with bilobed cardinal process