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Phlogoiderhynchus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Rhynchonellida
    Superfamily:  
Camarotoechioidea
    Family:  
Septalariidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Phlogoiderhynchus SARTENAER, 1970a, p. 18
    Type Species:  
Uncinulus artefactus VEEVERS, 1959a, p. 99, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 790, 3a-i. * P. artefactus (Veevers), lower Frasnian, Sadler Formation, Fitzroy Basin, Sadler Ridge, Western Australia, $a-d$, holotype, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and lateral views, x1, e-i$, serial sections $0.7, 0.85, 1.25, 1.95, 2.5 \\mathrm{~mm}$ from posterior, x1$ (Veevers, 1959a).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Western Australia, Europe, China, Morocco


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Devonian (upper Givetian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Givetian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
78
    Beginning Date:  
380.31
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Devonian (lower Frasnian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
33
    Ending Date:  
376.33


Description

Transversely ovate outline and biconvex profile, gentle lateral slopes. Beak erect, foramen minute, circular. Fold and sulcus broad, extending from midlength, anterior commissure uniplicate, tongue variable, trapezoid to rounded, generally highest part of shell. Dental plates absent, teeth large, widely separated, ventral muscle field deeply impressed. Dorsal median septum long, high, septalium not developed, hinge plates incipient, crura long, slender, arising very early at extreme posterior of valve, thin and delicate, ventrally curved.




References



Museum or Author Information

Veevers, 1959