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Labaia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Terebratulida
    Suborder:  
Terebratulidina
    Superfamily:  
Cryptonelloidea
    Family:  
Labaiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Labaia LICHAREW, 1956, p. 65
    Type Species:  
L. Muir-Woodae, OD


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Fig. 1339,2a–d. *L. muirwoodae; a–c, dorsal, ventral, and lateral views, ×2 (Licharew, 1960b); d, reconstruction of loop, ×2 (Dagys, 1969).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

North Caucasus


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Lopingian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
259.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Lopingian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Elongate suboval to subrhomboidal, rectimarginate, outer hinge plate not developed, crural bases fused with socket ridges, loop acuminate with auxiliary bands developing from distal part of vertical plate




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