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Strophalosia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Strophalosioidea
    Family:  
Strophalosiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Strophalosia W. KING, 1844, p. 313
    Type Species:  
S. gerardi W. King, 1846, p. 92, SD Muir-Wood & COOPER, 1960, p. 74


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Fossil Image
Fig. 400, 1 a-c .* S. gerardi W. King, Ladakh, Himalayas, $a, b$, lectotype, viewed ventrally, dorsally, FC D 267, X1.5, $c$, incomplete dorsal valve interior, X1.5 (Brunton, 1966)., -Fig. 400, 1d-f. S. irwinensis Coleman, Callytharra Formation, Carnarvon basin, Australia, $d$, ventral valve exterior, x1.2, e$, ventral valve internal mold, x1.6, f$, dorsal valve interior, x2$ (Archbold, 1986).


Synonyms

Leptaenalosia


Geographic Distribution

Himalayas, Australia ?Arctic Russia, China, Salt Range


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Sakmarian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sakmarian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
293.52
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (Kazanian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Roadian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
269.21


Description

Medium, slightly transverse subrounded outline with ill-defined small ears, hinge less than maximum width, ventral interarea wide but short, weak concavoconvex profile, concentric ornament weak ventrally, lamellose dorsally, weak capillation may be present on dorsal valve, spines cover ventral valve, suberect, semirecumbent, lateral ridges ventrally, separating ears, medium septum connected to cardinal process, interrupted at adductor scars, reaching two-thirds disk length.




References



Museum or Author Information

Brunton, 1966, Archbold, 1986