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Kutorgina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Kutorginata
    Order:  
Kutorginida
    Superfamily:  
Kutorginoidea
    Family:  
Kutorginidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Kutorgina kolihai RÚŽIČKA, 1927, p. 5, OD
    Type Species:  
Kutorgina kolihai RÚŽIČKA, 1927, p. 5, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 129, 1a–g. K. catenata KONEVA, Lower Cambrian, Botomian, right side of Chachme River, southern Kirghizia; a, ventral valve exterior, ×10; b, posterior view, × 11; c, lateral view, RM 137376, × 11; d, dorsal valve exterior, × 9; e, posterior view, RM 137377, ×10; f, dorsal valve interior, RM 137378, × 10; g, incomplete ventral valve interior, RM 137379, ×10 (new).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Canada, USA, Greenland, Sardinia, Russia (Siberia, southern Urals), Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Israel, Australia (New South Wales)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Cambrian (Atdabanian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 3
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
521
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Cambrian (Amgaian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Guzhangian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
25
    Ending Date:  
499.63


Description

Transversely semiovate, ventribiconvex with straight posterior margin, ventral valve pyramidal, with strong concentric rugae, ventral pseudointerarea clearly defined, catacline to procline, with large, strongly convex homeodeltidium, dorsal valve weakly convex with low, catacline pseudointerarea, homeochilidium narrow and strongly convex apically, broad and upturned distally, shell finely and densely pitted, with pits arranged radially, becoming larger distally. Lower Ordovician (Tremadoc): Czech Republic (Bohemia).




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Museum or Author Information

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