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Saucrorthis
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Orthoidea
Family:
Productorthidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Saucrorthis Xu, Rong, & LIU, 1974, p. 150
Type Species:
S. minor, OD
Images
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Fig. 544, 2a-c. *S. minor, Llanvirn, southwestern China, $a$, internal mold of ventral valve, x8}$, $b$, internal mold of ventral valve, x8, c$, internal mold of dorsal valve, x8$ (Rong, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
southern China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Ordovician (Llanvirn)
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Ordovician (Llanvirn)
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
56.9
Ending Date:
463.02
Description
Similar to Nicolella but small, costate, finely pustulose, and lacking chilidial plates