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Peregrinella
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Rhynchonellida
Superfamily:
Dimerelloidea
Family:
Peregrinellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Peregrinella OEHLERT, 1887a, p. 1305
Type Species:
Terebratula peregrina von Buch, 1834, p. 73, OD; = Terebratula multicarinata Lamarck, 1819, p. 253, non SCHLOTHEIM, 1813
Images
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Fig. 843 a–n. *P. (P.) multicarinata (L AMARCK ), Hauterivian, France; a–c, dorsal, lateral, anterior views, ×1 (new); d–n, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from ventral umbo, 2.5, 3.2, 3.7, 4.1, 4.9, 5.2, 5.6, 5.9, 6.2, 7.4, 12.6, approximately ×2 (Ager, 1968).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe (mainly southern), North America, Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian)
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian)
Ending International Stage:
Hauterivian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
126.5
Description
Large, circular, equibiconvex to ventribiconvex, rectimarginate, costae numerous, deeply incised, sharp, beak massive, incurved. Hinge plates wide, flat, dental plates short, acutely divergent ventrally, teeth small, peglike, crura long, subparallel, laterally concave, septum low, long. Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Hauterivian): Europe (mainly southern), North America, Asia.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Rhynchonellida
Superfamily:
Dimerelloidea
Family:
Peregrinellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Peregrinella OEHLERT, 1887a, p. 1305
Type Species:
Terebratula peregrina von Buch, 1834, p. 73, OD; = Terebratula multicarinata Lamarck, 1819, p. 253, non SCHLOTHEIM, 1813
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 843 a–n. *P. (P.) multicarinata (L AMARCK ), Hauterivian, France; a–c, dorsal, lateral, anterior views, ×1 (new); d–n, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from ventral umbo, 2.5, 3.2, 3.7, 4.1, 4.9, 5.2, 5.6, 5.9, 6.2, 7.4, 12.6, approximately ×2 (Ager, 1968).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe (mainly southern), North America, Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian)
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian)
Ending International Stage:
Hauterivian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
126.5
Description
Large, circular, equibiconvex to ventribiconvex, rectimarginate, costae numerous, deeply incised, sharp, beak massive, incurved. Hinge plates wide, flat, dental plates short, acutely divergent ventrally, teeth small, peglike, crura long, subparallel, laterally concave, septum low, long. Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Hauterivian): Europe (mainly southern), North America, Asia.