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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


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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




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