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Nabiaoia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Strophomenida
    Superfamily:  
Plectambonitoidea
    Family:  
Xenambonitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Nabiaoia XU, 1979, p. 370
    Type Species:  
N. pusilla, OD


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Fig. 219, $1 a-d .* N$. pusilla, Tangxiang Formation, Eifelian, Luofu of Nandan, Guangxi Province, $a, b$, ventral internal mold, latex cast, NIGP 81012, x10 (\\mathrm{Xu}$, new $), c, d$, holotype, dorsal internal mold, latex cast, NIGP 41251, x(\\mathrm{Xu}, 1979)$


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Devonian (Eifelian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
394.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Devonian (Eifelian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
385.3


Description

Planoconvex profile, thin shelled, almost imperceptible parvicostellate radial ornament with irregular rugae, short, flaring teeth, socket ridges, no bema, platform, or side septa, dorsal muscle field of elevated pustules in irregular but subradial rows, dorsal median septum variably present, stronger posteriorly, centrally. Devonian (Eifelian): China.




References



Museum or Author Information

NIGP, \\mathrm{Xu}, 1979