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Reticularia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Reticulariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Reticularia M'COY, 1844, p. 142
Type Species:
Terebratula? imbricata Sowerby, 1822 in 1821-1822, p. 40, SD DAVIDSON, 1882, p. 80
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Fig. 1229, 2a-d. *R. imbricata (Sowerby), Visean, England, lectotype, dorsal, ventral, lateral, and anterior views, X1 (George, 1932).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Namurian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.4
Ending Date:
319.4
Description
Medium to large, un- equally biconvex, fold and sulcus weakly to strongly developed, cardinal extremities well rounded, ornament of narrow, imbricate, growth lamellae fringed with fine, uniramous spines, exfoliated surfaces radially striated, ventral interior with dental adminicula and median ridge, dorsal interior with crural bases not touching valve floor, spiralia directed posterolaterally.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Reticulariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Reticularia M'COY, 1844, p. 142
Type Species:
Terebratula? imbricata Sowerby, 1822 in 1821-1822, p. 40, SD DAVIDSON, 1882, p. 80
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1229, 2a-d. *R. imbricata (Sowerby), Visean, England, lectotype, dorsal, ventral, lateral, and anterior views, X1 (George, 1932).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Namurian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.4
Ending Date:
319.4
Description
Medium to large, un- equally biconvex, fold and sulcus weakly to strongly developed, cardinal extremities well rounded, ornament of narrow, imbricate, growth lamellae fringed with fine, uniramous spines, exfoliated surfaces radially striated, ventral interior with dental adminicula and median ridge, dorsal interior with crural bases not touching valve floor, spiralia directed posterolaterally.