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Taeniothaerus
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Aulostegoidea
Family:
Aulostegidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Taeniothaerus WHITEHOUSE, 1928, p. 281
Type Species:
P. subquadratus Morris in de STREZELECKI, 1845, p. 248, OD
Images
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Fig. 420, 1a-d. *T. subquadratus (Morris), $a, b$, ventral valve viewed posteriorly, dorsally, Wandagee Series, Western Australia, X0.75, c, incomplete dorsal valve interior, Wandagee Series, Western Australia, x0.75, d$, ventral valve internal mold, Gympie Beds, Queensland, ×0.75 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia, ?Asia
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:
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
Ending International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
283.3
Description
Large with thick-shelled valves, transverse profile highly arched with steep flanks, medianly sulcate, myophores large, trifid to quadrifid
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Aulostegoidea
Family:
Aulostegidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Taeniothaerus WHITEHOUSE, 1928, p. 281
Type Species:
P. subquadratus Morris in de STREZELECKI, 1845, p. 248, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 420, 1a-d. *T. subquadratus (Morris), $a, b$, ventral valve viewed posteriorly, dorsally, Wandagee Series, Western Australia, X0.75, c, incomplete dorsal valve interior, Wandagee Series, Western Australia, x0.75, d$, ventral valve internal mold, Gympie Beds, Queensland, ×0.75 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia, ?Asia
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:
Lower Permian (Artinskian)
Ending International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
283.3
Description
Large with thick-shelled valves, transverse profile highly arched with steep flanks, medianly sulcate, myophores large, trifid to quadrifid