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Sinorthis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Orthida
    Suborder:  
Orthidina
    Superfamily:  
Orthoidea
    Family:  
Orthidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sinorthis WANG, 1955b, p. 327
    Type Species:  
S. typica, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 524, 4a-g. *S. typica, Arenig, southern China, a-e, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, lateral views of conjoined valves, mathbfmathbf X _ 3 , f, ventral interior, X3, ~ g, dorsal interior, X3 (Wang, 1955b).


Synonyms

Yichangorthis


Geographic Distribution

southern China, France


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (Arenig)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Floian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
477.08
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Ordovician (Arenig)
    Ending International Stage:  
Floian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
471.26


Description

Ramicostellate, dental plates narrowly divergent, flanking elongate bilobed ventral muscle scar, brachiophores widely divergent




References



Museum or Author Information

Wang, 1955