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Monticulifera
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Monticulifera Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 327
Type Species:
Productus intermedius var. sinensis FRECH, 1911, p. 176, OD
Images
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Fig. 374, 2a-d. *M. sinensis (Frech), ChihsianMaokouan, Sichuan, $a, b$, ventral valve exterior, lateral views, x1}^{2}$, c, detail of external ornament, $\\mathbf{X}_{3}$, $d$, incomplete dorsal valve interior, $X_{2}$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
central China, ?Indonesia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
Beginning International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
290.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Permian (Kungurian), Upper Permian (?Kazanian)
Ending International Stage:
Roadian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
269.21
Description
Medium size, monticules dense posteriorly, decreasing anteriorly, interrupted by irregular capillae, ill-defined ribs on trail, spines near hinge line, scattered on ventral valve, dorsal median septum narrow, almost reaching anterior edge of disk.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Monticulifera Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 327
Type Species:
Productus intermedius var. sinensis FRECH, 1911, p. 176, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 374, 2a-d. *M. sinensis (Frech), ChihsianMaokouan, Sichuan, $a, b$, ventral valve exterior, lateral views, x1}^{2}$, c, detail of external ornament, $\\mathbf{X}_{3}$, $d$, incomplete dorsal valve interior, $X_{2}$ (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
central China, ?Indonesia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
Beginning International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
290.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Permian (Kungurian), Upper Permian (?Kazanian)
Ending International Stage:
Roadian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
269.21
Description
Medium size, monticules dense posteriorly, decreasing anteriorly, interrupted by irregular capillae, ill-defined ribs on trail, spines near hinge line, scattered on ventral valve, dorsal median septum narrow, almost reaching anterior edge of disk.