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Linoproductus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Linoproductoidea
    Family:  
Linoproductidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Linoproductus CHAO, 1927b, p. 128
    Type Species:  
Productus cora D'ORBIGNY, 1842, p. 55, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 365, 1a-f. *L$. cora (d'Orbigny), Lower Permian, Bolivia (Cochabamba), $a-d$, shell viewed ventrally, posteriorly, dorsally, laterally, $X_{1}, e$, large example viewed"


Synonyms

Euproductus, Cora, Levisapicus


Geographic Distribution

cosmopolitan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Upper Carboniferous
    Beginning International Stage:  
Kasimovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
307.02
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (Kazanian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Roadian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
269.21


Description

"Medium to large, outline elongate subcircular, ventral profile inflated posteriorly, dorsal corpus gently concave, hinge commonly widest part of shell, ribbing complete, tends to be distorted at spine bases, which are widely scattered ventrally, spines also closely set in one or two rows along hinge, rugae on ventral ears, flanks, dorsal corpus, cardinal process sessile, trifid, supported by lateral ridges, adductor scars, brachial ridges weakly marked. Upper Upper Carboniferous-Upper Permian (Kazanian): cosmopolitan."




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