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Triadithyris

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Rhynchonellata
    Order:  
Terebratulida
    Suborder:  
Terebratulidina
    Superfamily:  
Loboidothyridoidea
    Family:  
Triadithyrididae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Triadithyris DAGYS, 1963, p. 187
    Type Species:  
* Terebratula gregariaeformis ZUGMAYER, 1880, p. 13, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1383, 4a-s. * T. gregariaeformis (Zugmayer), a-c, dorsal, lateral, and anterior views, X1.7, d-r, serial transverse sections 0.8, 1.6, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 3.0, 3.3, 3.6, 3.75, 4.05, 4.5, 5.25, 6.45, 6.6, 6.75 ~mm from ventral umbo, X1, s, loop reconstruction, X1 (Pearson, 1977).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps, Balkans, Carpathians, Crimea, Caucasus, Pamir


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Triassic (Norian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
227.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Triassic (Rhaetian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Rhaetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
201.36


Description

Medium size, subpentagonal, ventribiconvex, anterior commissure sulciplicate, beak short, suberect, foramen permesothyrid, pedicle collar present, cardinal process large, bilobed, outer hinge plates narrow, horizontal in section, crural bases indistinct, loop about 0.5 dorsal valve length, with diverging, descending lamellae




References



Museum or Author Information

T, Pearson, 1977