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Pugilis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pugilis Sarytcheva, 1949, p. 104, Pugilus Sarytcheva in Sarytcheva & SOKOLSKAYA, 1952, p. 77, obj.
    Type Species:  
Producta pugilis PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 215, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 336, 2a-f. *P. pugilis (Phillips), $a-d$, anterior, ventral, posterior, lateral views of shell, upper Viséan, north Wales, x1}$, $e$, dorsal valve interior, Northumberland, x1}^{\\text { (new) }}$, $f$, dorsal view of shell exterior showing series of dorsal trails, Serpukhovian, Renfrewshire, Scotland, x1$ (MuirWood & Cooper, 1960).


Synonyms

Pugilus


Geographic Distribution

Europe, northern Africa


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
335.91
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Carboniferous (lower Serpukhovian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Serpukhovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
50
    Ending Date:  
326.87


Description

Medium size, deep corpus, ribs regular posteriorly, but irregular and commonly weak on trails, enlarged or branched distal to spine bases, dorsal valve commonly lamellose on trail, lateral ridges strong, near hinge, continue as ear baffles and subperipheral ridge laterally




References



Museum or Author Information

MuirWood & Cooper, 1960