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Pustula
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Echinoconchoidea
Family:
Echinoconchidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pustula THOMAS, 1914, p. 259
Type Species:
Producta pustulosa PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 216, OD
Images
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Fig. 359, 1a–f. *P. pustulosa (PHILLIPS), Asbian–Brigantian; a, holotype, viewed anterolaterally, Lancashire, British Isles, BMNH B419, ×1; b–e, specimen viewed ventrally, posteriorly, laterally, dorsally, Staffordshire, × 1 (new); f, incomplete dorsal valve interior, Scotland, × 1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia, northern Africa, ?North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Outline subrectangular with weak ventral sulcus, dorsal median fold, almost planoconvex, trails minimal, spine bases elongate, in irregular concentric bands with weak spine differentiation, cardinal process narrow, dorsal face trifid, cardinal ridges diminish toward the hinge.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Echinoconchoidea
Family:
Echinoconchidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pustula THOMAS, 1914, p. 259
Type Species:
Producta pustulosa PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 216, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 359, 1a–f. *P. pustulosa (PHILLIPS), Asbian–Brigantian; a, holotype, viewed anterolaterally, Lancashire, British Isles, BMNH B419, ×1; b–e, specimen viewed ventrally, posteriorly, laterally, dorsally, Staffordshire, × 1 (new); f, incomplete dorsal valve interior, Scotland, × 1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia, northern Africa, ?North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Outline subrectangular with weak ventral sulcus, dorsal median fold, almost planoconvex, trails minimal, spine bases elongate, in irregular concentric bands with weak spine differentiation, cardinal process narrow, dorsal face trifid, cardinal ridges diminish toward the hinge.