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Nikiforovaena
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Alolfioidea
Family:
Adolfiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nikiforovaena BOUCOT, 1963a, p. 697
Type Species:
Spirifer (Eospirifer) ferganensis NIKIFOROVA, 1937, p. 48, OD
Images
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Fig. 1115, 3a-f. * N. ferganensis (Nikiforova), Ludlow, Ferghana, a-e, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1, f, microornament, X5 (new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Turkestan, Salair, Altai, Yunnan, Japan, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Pridoli)
Beginning International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
422.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
One or more plications in sulcus, flanks with numerous low, rounded plications, dental plates present, ctenophoridium and short divergent crural plates present.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Alolfioidea
Family:
Adolfiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nikiforovaena BOUCOT, 1963a, p. 697
Type Species:
Spirifer (Eospirifer) ferganensis NIKIFOROVA, 1937, p. 48, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1115, 3a-f. * N. ferganensis (Nikiforova), Ludlow, Ferghana, a-e, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1, f, microornament, X5 (new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Turkestan, Salair, Altai, Yunnan, Japan, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Pridoli)
Beginning International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
422.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
One or more plications in sulcus, flanks with numerous low, rounded plications, dental plates present, ctenophoridium and short divergent crural plates present.