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Schizophoria
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Enteletoidea
Family:
Schizophoriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Schizophoria KING, 1850, p. 106
Type Species:
Conchyliolithus (Anomites) resupinatus MARTIN, 1809, pl. 49, fig. 13-14, OD
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Fig. 612 a,b. *S. (S.) resupinata (MARTIN), Viséan, Isle of Man; dorsal, anterior views of conjoined valves, ×1.5 (Pocock, 1968).——FIG. 612c–f. S. (S.) resupinata lata D EMANET , Viséan, western Ireland; c,d, exterior, interior of ventral valve, ×0.85; e,f, exterior, interior of dorsal valve, ×2 (Jeffrey, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Normally transversely semioval, weakly uniplicate valves, ventral interior with strong teeth and dental plates extending forward as ridges laterally confining ventral muscle field, dorsal interior with prominent, crenulated cardinal process.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Orthida
Superfamily:
Enteletoidea
Family:
Schizophoriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Schizophoria KING, 1850, p. 106
Type Species:
Conchyliolithus (Anomites) resupinatus MARTIN, 1809, pl. 49, fig. 13-14, OD
Images
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Fig. 612 a,b. *S. (S.) resupinata (MARTIN), Viséan, Isle of Man; dorsal, anterior views of conjoined valves, ×1.5 (Pocock, 1968).——FIG. 612c–f. S. (S.) resupinata lata D EMANET , Viséan, western Ireland; c,d, exterior, interior of ventral valve, ×0.85; e,f, exterior, interior of dorsal valve, ×2 (Jeffrey, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Normally transversely semioval, weakly uniplicate valves, ventral interior with strong teeth and dental plates extending forward as ridges laterally confining ventral muscle field, dorsal interior with prominent, crenulated cardinal process.