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Streptorhynchus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Orthotetida
    Superfamily:  
Orthotetoidea
    Family:  
Schuchertellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Streptorhynchus KING, 1850, p. 107
    Type Species:  
Terebratulites pelargonatus von SCHLOTHEIM, 1816, p. 28, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 481, 4a-f. * S. pelargonatus (von Schlotheim), Kazanian, Gera, Germany, $a-c$, ventral, anterior, lateral views of shell, x1.5$, $d$, posterodorsal view of shell, $X_{3}$, e, dorsal valve interior showing cardinalia, $f$, latex mold of dorsal valve interior showing articulation, x2$ (new).


Synonyms

Lespius


Geographic Distribution

cosmopolitan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carboniferous
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
359.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Permian
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Small to medium-sized, subconical, ventribiconvex, relatively coarsely costellate with concentric fila, ventral interarea apsacline, pseudodeltidium with monticulus, chilidium small, grooved medianly, ventral muscle scar flabellate, dorsal muscle scar faintly impressed, cardinal process high, occasionally with a short median ridge or node at the base.




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