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Marginoproductus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Marginoproductus Tan ZHEN-XIU, 1986, p. 435443
    Type Species:  
M. hunanensis, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 317, 3a-e. *M. hunanensis, lower Viséan, Hunan, $a$, holotype, posterior view, HB 318, x1, b, c$, anterior, lateral views of ventral valve, $X_{1}, d$, dorsal valve exterior, $X_{1}, e$, dorsal valve interior, x1$ (Tan, 1986).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

southern 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 sized, around 20 mm wide, deep corpus with long trail, dorsal spines reportedly absent, but if present should be assigned to the Tolmatchoffinae, closely resembles Marginatia.




References



Museum or Author Information

Tan, 1986