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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



Museum or Author Information

Gourvennec, 1994