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Rhynchospirifer
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Ambocoelioidea
Family:
Ambocoeliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Rhynchospirifer PAULUS, 1957, p. 51
Type Species:
R. halleri PAULUS, 1957, p. 52, OD
Images
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Fig. 1141, 5a-f. * R. halleri, Eifelian, Germany, a-e, holotype, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X2, f, dorsal interior, X3.3 (Paulus, 1957).
Synonyms
Biarella
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Strongly ventribiconvex, submegathyrid, rarely megathyrid, ventral interarea high, strongly incurved, commissure straight, capillate, dental plates thin, subparallel, closely spaced, cruralium triangular to subquadrate in outline, not anteriorly emarginate, supported by median septum
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Ambocoelioidea
Family:
Ambocoeliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Rhynchospirifer PAULUS, 1957, p. 51
Type Species:
R. halleri PAULUS, 1957, p. 52, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1141, 5a-f. * R. halleri, Eifelian, Germany, a-e, holotype, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X2, f, dorsal interior, X3.3 (Paulus, 1957).
Synonyms
Biarella
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Strongly ventribiconvex, submegathyrid, rarely megathyrid, ventral interarea high, strongly incurved, commissure straight, capillate, dental plates thin, subparallel, closely spaced, cruralium triangular to subquadrate in outline, not anteriorly emarginate, supported by median septum