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Marginatia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Marginatia Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 262
Type Species:
Productus fernglenensis WELLER, 1909, p. 299, OD
Images
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Fig. 344, 3a-d. *M$. fernglenensis (Weller), lower Viséan, Missouri, $a-c$, posterior, anterior, lateral views of ventral valve, $X_{1}$, $d$, dorsal valve interior, x1$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Paramarginatia
Geographic Distribution
North America, Europe, northern Africa, central China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (lower Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (lower Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
33
Ending Date:
341.32
Description
Small to medium size, reticulate posteriorly, dorsal spines rare, small, dorsal valve with variably positioned lateral ridges, commonly extending to lateral margins and commonly subperipheral rim.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Marginatia Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 262
Type Species:
Productus fernglenensis WELLER, 1909, p. 299, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 344, 3a-d. *M$. fernglenensis (Weller), lower Viséan, Missouri, $a-c$, posterior, anterior, lateral views of ventral valve, $X_{1}$, $d$, dorsal valve interior, x1$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Paramarginatia
Geographic Distribution
North America, Europe, northern Africa, central China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (lower Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (lower Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
33
Ending Date:
341.32
Description
Small to medium size, reticulate posteriorly, dorsal spines rare, small, dorsal valve with variably positioned lateral ridges, commonly extending to lateral margins and commonly subperipheral rim.