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Notothyris

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Terebratulida
    Superfamily:  
Cryptonelloidea
    Family:  
Notothyrididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Notothyris WAAGEN, 1882, p. 336
    Type Species:  
Terebratula subvesicularis Davidson, 1862, p. 27, SD Hall & CLARKE, 1893, p. 275


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Fig. 1338, 4a-c. *N. subvesicularis (Davidson), Salt Range, Pakistan, dorsal, lateral, and anterior views, approximately X1.5 (Waagen, 1882).——Fig. 1338, 4d. N. sp., Salt Range, Pakistan, interior of dorsal valve, X2 (Cooper & Grant, 1976b).


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Geographic Distribution

USA (Texas), Italy, Pakistan, southern China, Thailand


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Wordian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wordian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
269.21
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian (Changhsingian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Small to medium size, anteriorly plicate, anterior commissure rectimarginate to slightly unisulcate, adult shells commonly with abruptly bent anteriors and broadly truncated anterior margin, hinge plate apically perforate, loop with broad descending lamellae, incipient median vertical plate




References



Museum or Author Information

Waagen, 1882, Cooper & Grant, 1976