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Rugoconcha
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Rugoconcha JIN & SUN, 1981, p. 132
Type Species:
Plicatifera chaoi GRABAU, 1936, p. 171, OD
Images
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Fig. 298, 3a-c. *R. chaoi (Grabau), lower Bashkirian, Guangxi, $a$, ventral valve exterior (holotype No. 5384 lost during WWII, neotype, NIGP 48674, held at Nanjing Institute of Geology & Paleontology), X $, b, c$, ventral valve exterior viewed ventrally, posteroventrally, x1$ (Grabau, 1936).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
southern China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous (lower Bashkirian)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous (lower Bashkirian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
319.28
Description
Resembles Plicatifera, but seemingly lacking trails, with rugae covering ventral valve, small cicatrix, ginglymus may be present.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Rugoconcha JIN & SUN, 1981, p. 132
Type Species:
Plicatifera chaoi GRABAU, 1936, p. 171, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 298, 3a-c. *R. chaoi (Grabau), lower Bashkirian, Guangxi, $a$, ventral valve exterior (holotype No. 5384 lost during WWII, neotype, NIGP 48674, held at Nanjing Institute of Geology & Paleontology), X $, b, c$, ventral valve exterior viewed ventrally, posteroventrally, x1$ (Grabau, 1936).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
southern China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous (lower Bashkirian)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Carboniferous (lower Bashkirian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
319.28
Description
Resembles Plicatifera, but seemingly lacking trails, with rugae covering ventral valve, small cicatrix, ginglymus may be present.