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Scutepustula
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Echinoconchoidea
Family:
Echinoconchidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scutepustula Sarytcheva in Sarytcheva & OTHERS, 1963, p. 165
Type Species:
Productus (Waagenoconcha) scutelatus BALASHOVA, 1955, p. 146, OD
Images
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Fig. 360, la-e. *S. scutelata (Balashova), upper Tournaisian, southeastern Ural Mountains, $a, b$, shell viewed ventrally and with corpus removed, exposing part of dorsal valve external mold, × 1; c, ventral ornament viewed posterolaterally, × 3; d, ventral ornament viewed anteromedianly showing spine bases, × 5; e, ventral valve in lateral profile, × 1 (Sarytcheva & others, 1963).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia, North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
351
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Tournaisian)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Size medium, outline subcircular, closely spaced rugae bearing well-differentiated bands of elongate spine bases, otherwise resembles Pustula
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Echinoconchoidea
Family:
Echinoconchidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scutepustula Sarytcheva in Sarytcheva & OTHERS, 1963, p. 165
Type Species:
Productus (Waagenoconcha) scutelatus BALASHOVA, 1955, p. 146, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 360, la-e. *S. scutelata (Balashova), upper Tournaisian, southeastern Ural Mountains, $a, b$, shell viewed ventrally and with corpus removed, exposing part of dorsal valve external mold, × 1; c, ventral ornament viewed posterolaterally, × 3; d, ventral ornament viewed anteromedianly showing spine bases, × 5; e, ventral valve in lateral profile, × 1 (Sarytcheva & others, 1963).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia, North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
351
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Tournaisian)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Size medium, outline subcircular, closely spaced rugae bearing well-differentiated bands of elongate spine bases, otherwise resembles Pustula