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Salopina
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Enteletoidea
Family:
Draboviidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Salopina BOUCOT, 1960a, p. 3
Type Species:
Orthis lunata J. de C. SOWERBY, 1839, p. 611, OD
Images
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Salopina lunata (Sowerby), Ludlow, England, a, b, internal mold, rubber replica of ventral valve, × 3, c, d, internal mold, rubber replica of dorsal valve, X3, e, f, rubber replicas of dorsal, ventral exteriors of conjoined valves, X2 (Walmsley, Boucot, & Harper, 1969).
Synonyms
Salopinella
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Ordovician (Ashgill)
Beginning International Stage:
Katian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66.7
Beginning Date:
447.72
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Eifelian)
Ending International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
385.3
Description
Transversely semioval valves with short, curved ventral interarea, ventral interior with cordate muscle scar bisected by variably developed median ridge
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Enteletoidea
Family:
Draboviidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Salopina BOUCOT, 1960a, p. 3
Type Species:
Orthis lunata J. de C. SOWERBY, 1839, p. 611, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Salopina lunata (Sowerby), Ludlow, England, a, b, internal mold, rubber replica of ventral valve, × 3, c, d, internal mold, rubber replica of dorsal valve, X3, e, f, rubber replicas of dorsal, ventral exteriors of conjoined valves, X2 (Walmsley, Boucot, & Harper, 1969).
Synonyms
Salopinella
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Ordovician (Ashgill)
Beginning International Stage:
Katian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66.7
Beginning Date:
447.72
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Eifelian)
Ending International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
385.3
Description
Transversely semioval valves with short, curved ventral interarea, ventral interior with cordate muscle scar bisected by variably developed median ridge