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Tenticospirifer
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Cyrtospiriferoidea
Family:
Cyrtospiriferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tenticospirifer TIEN, 1938, p. 113
Type Species:
Spirifer tenticulum de VERNEUIL, 1845, p. 159, OD
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Fig. 1133, 3a-e. T. tenticulum (De Vernevil), Russian Platform, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1 (new).
Synonyms
Conispirifer
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Small to medium size, ventribiconvex, hemipyramidal, cardinal angles slightly acute, ventral interarea high, flat, catacline, fold, sulcus, and flanks with simple, rounded plications, surface capillate, ctenophoridium elevated on median ridge.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Superfamily:
Cyrtospiriferoidea
Family:
Cyrtospiriferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tenticospirifer TIEN, 1938, p. 113
Type Species:
Spirifer tenticulum de VERNEUIL, 1845, p. 159, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1133, 3a-e. T. tenticulum (De Vernevil), Russian Platform, ventral, dorsal, anterior, posterior, and lateral views, X1 (new).
Synonyms
Conispirifer
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Small to medium size, ventribiconvex, hemipyramidal, cardinal angles slightly acute, ventral interarea high, flat, catacline, fold, sulcus, and flanks with simple, rounded plications, surface capillate, ctenophoridium elevated on median ridge.