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Setigerites
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Setigerites GIRTY, 1939, p. 141, nom. nov. pro Setigerella GIRTY , 1938b, p. 434, non E HRENBERG ,
1872
Type Species:
Productus setigerus Hall, 1858a, p. 638, =P. setiger, nom. correct. Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 197, OD
Images
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Fig. 341, 2a-e. *S. setiger (HALL), upper Tournaisian, $a-$ $c$, ventral, posterior, lateral views of ventral valve, Indiana, x1 , d}$, posterolateral region showing spine bases on ears, Indiana, x2$, e, latex replica of dorsal valve interior, Missouri, X2 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
North America, Eurasia, ?northern Africa
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 (lower Serpukhovian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
326.87
Description
Size medium, trail commonly with gutter, rugae at umbonal flanks weak, ribbing fine, entire, associated with slightly swollen spine bases, spine groups posteriorly and on ears, cardinal process pit small, lateral ridges only slightly divergent from hinge, no marginal ridges.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Productoidea
Family:
Productidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Setigerites GIRTY, 1939, p. 141, nom. nov. pro Setigerella GIRTY , 1938b, p. 434, non E HRENBERG ,
1872
Type Species:
Productus setigerus Hall, 1858a, p. 638, =P. setiger, nom. correct. Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 197, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 341, 2a-e. *S. setiger (HALL), upper Tournaisian, $a-$ $c$, ventral, posterior, lateral views of ventral valve, Indiana, x1 , d}$, posterolateral region showing spine bases on ears, Indiana, x2$, e, latex replica of dorsal valve interior, Missouri, X2 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
North America, Eurasia, ?northern Africa
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 (lower Serpukhovian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
326.87
Description
Size medium, trail commonly with gutter, rugae at umbonal flanks weak, ribbing fine, entire, associated with slightly swollen spine bases, spine groups posteriorly and on ears, cardinal process pit small, lateral ridges only slightly divergent from hinge, no marginal ridges.