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Schellwienella
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Orthotetida
Superfamily:
Orthotetoidea
Family:
Pulsiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Schellwienella I. THOMAS, 1910, p. 92
Type Species:
Spirifera crenistria PHILLIPS, 1836, pl. 216, OD
Images
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Fig. 472, 2a-c. *S. crenistria (Phillips), Viséan, Lancashire, England, lectotype, BMNH B19675, dorsal, ventral, posterior views of shell, XI (new)., ——Fig. 472, 2d, e. S. radialis (Phillips), Asbian, Fermanagh, Ireland, dorsal valve posterior, dorsal valve interior, x1.3$ (Brunton, 1968).
Synonyms
Carlopsina
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Similar to Pulsia but commonly gently uniplicate with concentric fila forming serrations along crests of parvicostellae, dental plates short, divergent posteriorly, containing impressed, flabellate ventral muscle scars divided by low myophragm, socket ridges short, recurved.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Orthotetida
Superfamily:
Orthotetoidea
Family:
Pulsiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Schellwienella I. THOMAS, 1910, p. 92
Type Species:
Spirifera crenistria PHILLIPS, 1836, pl. 216, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 472, 2a-c. *S. crenistria (Phillips), Viséan, Lancashire, England, lectotype, BMNH B19675, dorsal, ventral, posterior views of shell, XI (new)., ——Fig. 472, 2d, e. S. radialis (Phillips), Asbian, Fermanagh, Ireland, dorsal valve posterior, dorsal valve interior, x1.3$ (Brunton, 1968).
Synonyms
Carlopsina
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Similar to Pulsia but commonly gently uniplicate with concentric fila forming serrations along crests of parvicostellae, dental plates short, divergent posteriorly, containing impressed, flabellate ventral muscle scars divided by low myophragm, socket ridges short, recurved.