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Resserella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Orthida
    Superfamily:  
Dalmanelloidea
    Family:  
Dalmanellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Resserella BANCROFT, 1928a, p. 54
    Type Species:  
Orthis canalis J. de C. SOWERBY, 1839, p. 630, pl. 13, fig. 12a, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 575, 1a-g. *R. canalis (J. de C. Sowerby), Wenlock-Ludlow, Gotland, Sweden, $a$, ventral interior, $X_{3}$, b, dorsal interior, $X_{3}, c-g$, anterior, posterior, lateral, dorsal, ventral views of conjoined pair, X3 (Walmsley & Boucot, 1971).


Synonyms

Parmorthis


Geographic Distribution

cosmopolitan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Silurian (Llandovery)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rhuddanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
443.07
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Subcircular valves with recessive dental plates and suboval ventral muscle scar




References



Museum or Author Information

Walmsley & Boucot, 1971