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Puanospirifer
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Reticulariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Puanospirifer JIANG in XIAN & JIANG, 1978, p. 329
Type Species:
P. guanziyaoensis; OD]
Images
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Fig. 1234, 3a–b. *P. guanziyaoensis, Guizhou; dorsal, ventral views, ×0.7 (Xian & Jiang, 1978).——Fig. 1234, 3c–e. P. transversus J IANG, Guizhou; anterior, posterior, lateral views, ×1 (Xian & Jiang, 1978).
Synonyms
Deltospirifer
Geographic Distribution
southern China.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Medium size, triangular in outline; flanks smooth or with weak plications; microornament with marginal spines; short dental plates and ventral apical thickening; crural plates lacking.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Reticulariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Puanospirifer JIANG in XIAN & JIANG, 1978, p. 329
Type Species:
P. guanziyaoensis; OD]
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1234, 3a–b. *P. guanziyaoensis, Guizhou; dorsal, ventral views, ×0.7 (Xian & Jiang, 1978).——Fig. 1234, 3c–e. P. transversus J IANG, Guizhou; anterior, posterior, lateral views, ×1 (Xian & Jiang, 1978).
Synonyms
Deltospirifer
Geographic Distribution
southern China.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Medium size, triangular in outline; flanks smooth or with weak plications; microornament with marginal spines; short dental plates and ventral apical thickening; crural plates lacking.