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Septaliphoria
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Rhynchonellida
Superfamily:
Hemithiridoidea
Family:
Cyclothyrididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Septaliphoria Leidhold, 1921, p. 354
Type Species:
Rhynchonella arduennensis Oppel, 1857 in 1856-1858, p. 608p. 310 of 2 nd part, OD, =R. inconstans d'Orbigny, 1850 in 1849-1852, p. 24, non SOWERBY, 1821
Images
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Fig. 906, 1a-k. *S. arduennensis (Oppel), Oxfordian, Lorraine, France, $a-d$, neotype, dorsal, lateral, anterior, posterior views, BMNH BB. $44173, \\times 1, e-k$, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from ventral umbo, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 4.3, 5.0, 6.1, 6.5 (Childs, 1969)., Fig. 906, 1l-v. S. donetziana (Makridin), upper Oxfordian, Russian Platform, $l-n$, holotype, dorsal, lateral, anterior views, KHGU 196/102, x1$, o-v, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from ventral umbo, 2.7, 3.1, 3.3, 4.5, 5.4, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8 (Makridin, 1964).
Synonyms
Praecyclothyris, Septaliaphoria
Geographic Distribution
England, Scotland, France, ?Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, ?Crimea, Caucasus, Morocco, Algeria, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, southwestern and eastern China, India, Mexico, ?South America, Callovian-Volgian, Russian platform, Caspian basin, Crimea, Caucasus, Slovakia, Germany, Turkmenistan, Berriasian-Barremian, ?Aptian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
165.29
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Barremian, ?Aptian)
Ending International Stage:
Barremian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
121.4
Description
Medium size to large, dorsibiconvex, subpentagonal to oval, uniplicate, or slightly asymmetrical, dorsal fold wide, conspicuous to indistinct, posterior smooth area absent, with costae numerous, coarse, simple, subangular (3 to 7 on fold), beak strong, high, with foramen large, rimmed, hypothyrid, deltidial plates usually conjunct. Septalium raised on reduced median septum, or sessile, crura strongly curved, concave dorsally, canaliform.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Rhynchonellida
Superfamily:
Hemithiridoidea
Family:
Cyclothyrididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Septaliphoria Leidhold, 1921, p. 354
Type Species:
Rhynchonella arduennensis Oppel, 1857 in 1856-1858, p. 608p. 310 of 2 nd part, OD, =R. inconstans d'Orbigny, 1850 in 1849-1852, p. 24, non SOWERBY, 1821
Images
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Fig. 906, 1a-k. *S. arduennensis (Oppel), Oxfordian, Lorraine, France, $a-d$, neotype, dorsal, lateral, anterior, posterior views, BMNH BB. $44173, \\times 1, e-k$, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from ventral umbo, 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 4.3, 5.0, 6.1, 6.5 (Childs, 1969)., Fig. 906, 1l-v. S. donetziana (Makridin), upper Oxfordian, Russian Platform, $l-n$, holotype, dorsal, lateral, anterior views, KHGU 196/102, x1$, o-v, transverse serial sections, distances in mm from ventral umbo, 2.7, 3.1, 3.3, 4.5, 5.4, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8 (Makridin, 1964).
Synonyms
Praecyclothyris, Septaliaphoria
Geographic Distribution
England, Scotland, France, ?Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, ?Crimea, Caucasus, Morocco, Algeria, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, southwestern and eastern China, India, Mexico, ?South America, Callovian-Volgian, Russian platform, Caspian basin, Crimea, Caucasus, Slovakia, Germany, Turkmenistan, Berriasian-Barremian, ?Aptian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
165.29
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Barremian, ?Aptian)
Ending International Stage:
Barremian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
121.4
Description
Medium size to large, dorsibiconvex, subpentagonal to oval, uniplicate, or slightly asymmetrical, dorsal fold wide, conspicuous to indistinct, posterior smooth area absent, with costae numerous, coarse, simple, subangular (3 to 7 on fold), beak strong, high, with foramen large, rimmed, hypothyrid, deltidial plates usually conjunct. Septalium raised on reduced median septum, or sessile, crura strongly curved, concave dorsally, canaliform.