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Striispirifer
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Cyrtioidea
Family:
Cyrtiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Striispirifer Cooper & MUIR-WOOD, 1951, p. 195, nom. nov. pro Schuchertia Frederiks, 1926, p. 406, non Gregory, 1899, p. 351
Type Species:
Delthyris niagarensis CONRAD, 1842, p. 261, OD
Images
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Fig. 1108, 2a-f. *S. niagarensis (ConRAD), New York, USA, a, posterior view of dorsal mold, b-f, lateral, posterior, anterior, dorsal, and ventral views, X2 (Boucot, 1963a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (upper Llandovery)
Beginning International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
438.59
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (lower Ludlow)
Ending International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
425.01
Description
With numerous low, rounded, simple plications on flanks
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Cyrtioidea
Family:
Cyrtiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Striispirifer Cooper & MUIR-WOOD, 1951, p. 195, nom. nov. pro Schuchertia Frederiks, 1926, p. 406, non Gregory, 1899, p. 351
Type Species:
Delthyris niagarensis CONRAD, 1842, p. 261, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1108, 2a-f. *S. niagarensis (ConRAD), New York, USA, a, posterior view of dorsal mold, b-f, lateral, posterior, anterior, dorsal, and ventral views, X2 (Boucot, 1963a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, North America
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (upper Llandovery)
Beginning International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
438.59
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (lower Ludlow)
Ending International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
425.01
Description
With numerous low, rounded, simple plications on flanks