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Sibirirhynchia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Rhynchonellida
    Superfamily:  
Uncinuloidea
    Family:  
Innaechiidae
    Subfamily:  
Dogdoinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sibirirhynchia RZHONSNITSKAIA, 1978, p. 182
    Type Species:  
Hypothyridina alata KHODALEVICH, 1951, p. 50, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 758, 2a-d. * S. alata (Кноdalevich), Sverdlovsk, eastern Urals, holotype, dorsal, ventral, anterior, and lateral views, x1 (Khodalevich, 1951).—Fig. 758, 2e-g. S. alata fainecostata (Torbakova), northeastern slope of Urals, serial sections, x7 (Sapelnikov, Mizens, & Shatrov, 1987).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Kuznetsk, Urals, eastern Siberia, Tadzhikistan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (upper Emsian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
399.81
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian (upper Emsian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Transversely ovate outline, strongly biconvex profile. Beak suberect, foramen with marginal deltidial plates. Fold and sulcus wide with distinct lateral margins, tongue high, rectangular. Costae numerous, fine, simple, from beak, flattened and grooved on paries geniculatus. Dental plates absent. Divided hinge plates horizontal, septalium, dorsal septum, and cardinal process absent.




References



Museum or Author Information

Khodalevich, 1951, Sapelnikov, Mizens, & Shatrov, 1987