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Pseudoavonia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudoavonia Wang in Zhang, Fu, & DING, 1983, p. 312
    Type Species:  
Avonia lopingensiformis Ustritsky in Ustritsky, Hu, & CHAN, 1960, p. 28, OD


Images

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Fig. 286, 6a, b. *P. lopingensiformis (Ustritsky), Chihsian, Xinjiang, ventral valve viewed anteriorly, posteriorly, X1 (Zhang, Fu, & Ding, 1983).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Artinskian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
290.51
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Artinskian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
283.3


Description

Poorly known, resembles Costispinifera, but lacks concentric ornament on ventral umbo, perhaps fewer dorsal spines, apparently has stronger marginal ridges at sides of dorsal disk. Lower Permian (Artinskian): China.




References



Museum or Author Information

Zhang, Fu, & Ding, 1983