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Richthofenia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Suborder:
Strophalosiidina
Superfamily:
Richthofenioidea
Family:
Richthofeniidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Richthofenia KAYSER, 1881, p. 352
Type Species:
Anomia lawrenciana de KONINCK, 1863, p. 18, OD
Images
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Fig. 438, 3a-c. * R. lawrenciana (de Koninck), Pakistan, a, ventral valve interior with myocoelidium, x0.85, b, dorsal valve exterior, x0 . 8 5, c, ventral valve longitudinal section showing cystose shell structure, x0.85 (Waagen, 1885).”
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Sicily, Russia, China, Japan, Pakistan, Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Permian
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Aperture spines possibly similar to those of Prorichthofenia, Hercosia, Hercosestria, and Cyclacantharia, myocoelidium with three septa
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Suborder:
Strophalosiidina
Superfamily:
Richthofenioidea
Family:
Richthofeniidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Richthofenia KAYSER, 1881, p. 352
Type Species:
Anomia lawrenciana de KONINCK, 1863, p. 18, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 438, 3a-c. * R. lawrenciana (de Koninck), Pakistan, a, ventral valve interior with myocoelidium, x0.85, b, dorsal valve exterior, x0 . 8 5, c, ventral valve longitudinal section showing cystose shell structure, x0.85 (Waagen, 1885).”
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Sicily, Russia, China, Japan, Pakistan, Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Permian
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Aperture spines possibly similar to those of Prorichthofenia, Hercosia, Hercosestria, and Cyclacantharia, myocoelidium with three septa