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Liraplecta

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Liraplecta Jin & SUN, 1981, p. 136
    Type Species:  
Productus richthofeni СНАО, 1927b, p. 60, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 334, 1a-e. * L. richthofeni (Снао), Sakmarian, Lizha Formation, Tibet, $a, b$, anterior, lateral views of specimen, $X_{1}, c, d$, ventral, dorsal views of shell, $X_{1}, e$, detail of dorsal external ornament, X10 (Jin & Sun, 1981).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Asselian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
298.89
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Sakmarian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Sakmarian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
290.51


Description

Resembles Stereochia, but has dorsal capillae plus normal ribbing




References



Museum or Author Information

Jin & Sun, 1981