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Mesodouvillina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Strophomenida
    Superfamily:  
Strophomenoidea
    Family:  
Amphistrophiidae
    Subfamily:  
Mesodouvillininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Mesodouvillina WILLIAMS, 1950, p. 281
    Type Species:  
Stropheodonta subinterstrialis seretensis KOZŁOWSKI, 1929, p. 96, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 164, 1a-d. *M. subinterstrialis seretensis (KozŁowsKI), Bogdanovka Beds, Bogdanovka, Podolia, Ukraine, a-c, neotype, ventral, dorsal, lateral views of conjoined valves, CNIGR 33/11475, x1.5, d, ventral interior, CNIGR 32/11475, x1.5 (Bassett, new).-Fig. 164, Ie. M. s. subinterstrialis, Mitkov Beds, Borshchov Stage, Lochkovian, Lanovtsy, Podolia, Ukraine, dorsal interior, CNIGR 30/11475, X1.5 (Bassett, new).-Fig. 164, 1f-h. M. invasor (Johnson), Acrospirifer kobehana Zone, Emsian, Sulphur Spring Range, Great Basin, Nevada, f, g, holotype, ventral exterior, interior, USNM 156938, x1.5, h, dorsal interior, USNM 156941, X1.5 (Johnson, new).


Synonyms

Mesodouviella,


Geographic Distribution

cosmopolitan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Silurian (Sheinwoodian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sheinwoodian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
432.93
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Devonian (Eifelian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
385.3


Description

Strongly to gently concavoconvex profile; unequally parvicostellate ornament; small interarea with pseudodeltidium, small chilidium; denticles along half to two-thirds of hinge line; straight or slightly curved muscle-bounding ridges to subtriangular ventral muscle field, open anteriorly; cardinal process posteroventrally to posteriorly directed; short thin divergent socket plates; weak curved dorsal muscle-bounding ridges; dorsal side septa usually absent; dorsal subperipheral rim variably developed.




References



Museum or Author Information

USNM, CNIGR