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Ladjia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Ambocoelioidea
Family:
Ambocoeliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ladjia VEEVERS, 1959a, p. 125
Type Species:
L. saltica VEEVERS, 1959a, p. 126, OD
Images
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Fig. 1143, 3a-g. *L. saltica, Australia, a-e, holotype, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X3, f-g, ventral and dorsal interiors, X4.5 (Veevers, 1959a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
western North America, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Beginning International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
385.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Ventribiconvex, submegathyrid, ventral interarea medium height, incurved, commissure straight, capillate, dental plates lacking, crural plates discrete or joined to form a cruralium
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Ambocoelioidea
Family:
Ambocoeliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ladjia VEEVERS, 1959a, p. 125
Type Species:
L. saltica VEEVERS, 1959a, p. 126, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1143, 3a-g. *L. saltica, Australia, a-e, holotype, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X3, f-g, ventral and dorsal interiors, X4.5 (Veevers, 1959a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
western North America, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Beginning International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
385.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Ventribiconvex, submegathyrid, ventral interarea medium height, incurved, commissure straight, capillate, dental plates lacking, crural plates discrete or joined to form a cruralium