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Morinorhynchus
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Orthotetida
Superfamily:
Chilidiopsoidea
Family:
Chilidiopsidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Morinorhynchus HAVLÍČEK, 1965b, p. 291
Type Species:
M. dalmanelliformis, OD
Images
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Fig. 487, 1a-c. *M. dalmanelliformis, Ludlow, Bohemia, holotype, ventral valve exterior, internal mold of ventral valve, internal mold of dorsal valve, x2$ (Havlíček, 1967).", "——FIG. 487, 1d-f. M. crispus (Lindstrom), Ludlow, Gotland, Sweden, $d$, syntype, ventral valve interior, $e, f$, lectotype, interior, exterior of dorsal valve, x3$ (Bassett & Cocks, 1974)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Silurian (Ludlow)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Silurian (Ludlow)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Similar to Fardenia but subcircular and variably unisulcate, radial ornament tending to be finely fascicostellate, pseudodeltidium convex, chilidium of discrete plates, short socket ridges recurved parallel with hinge line, muscle scars faint with rhombic ventral impressions and lemniscate dorsal mantle canals
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Orthotetida
Superfamily:
Chilidiopsoidea
Family:
Chilidiopsidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Morinorhynchus HAVLÍČEK, 1965b, p. 291
Type Species:
M. dalmanelliformis, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 487, 1a-c. *M. dalmanelliformis, Ludlow, Bohemia, holotype, ventral valve exterior, internal mold of ventral valve, internal mold of dorsal valve, x2$ (Havlíček, 1967).", "——FIG. 487, 1d-f. M. crispus (Lindstrom), Ludlow, Gotland, Sweden, $d$, syntype, ventral valve interior, $e, f$, lectotype, interior, exterior of dorsal valve, x3$ (Bassett & Cocks, 1974)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Silurian (Ludlow)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Silurian (Ludlow)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Similar to Fardenia but subcircular and variably unisulcate, radial ornament tending to be finely fascicostellate, pseudodeltidium convex, chilidium of discrete plates, short socket ridges recurved parallel with hinge line, muscle scars faint with rhombic ventral impressions and lemniscate dorsal mantle canals