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Reticulariopsis
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Reticulariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Reticulariopsis Frederiks, 1916, p. 17
Type Species:
Spirifer (Reticularia) dereimsi Oehlert, 1901, p. 236, SD FREDERIKS, 1918a, p. 87
Images
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Fig. 1231, 4a-h. *R. dereimsi (Oehlert), Emsian, a-e, dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, lateral views, Spain, X2, f, posterior view of internal mold, Spain, X3, g-h, ornament, unweathered spines, Massif Armoricain, France, X10 (Gourvennec, 1994b).
Synonyms
Tingella
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Wenlock)
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small to medium size, slightly transverse, with rounded cardinal angles, low, short, gently curved, apsacline interarea, weak, narrow, well-delimited fold and sulcus, flanks smooth or with 3 to 4 incipient, low plications, microornament of concentric growth lamellae and marginal spines, dental plates high, rather short, ctenophoridium and long crural plates.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Reticulariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Reticulariopsis Frederiks, 1916, p. 17
Type Species:
Spirifer (Reticularia) dereimsi Oehlert, 1901, p. 236, SD FREDERIKS, 1918a, p. 87
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1231, 4a-h. *R. dereimsi (Oehlert), Emsian, a-e, dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, lateral views, Spain, X2, f, posterior view of internal mold, Spain, X3, g-h, ornament, unweathered spines, Massif Armoricain, France, X10 (Gourvennec, 1994b).
Synonyms
Tingella
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Wenlock)
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small to medium size, slightly transverse, with rounded cardinal angles, low, short, gently curved, apsacline interarea, weak, narrow, well-delimited fold and sulcus, flanks smooth or with 3 to 4 incipient, low plications, microornament of concentric growth lamellae and marginal spines, dental plates high, rather short, ctenophoridium and long crural plates.