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Tulynetes

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Subphylum:  
Rhynchonelliformea
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Suborder:  
Chonetidina
    Superfamily:  
Chonetoidea
    Family:  
Strophochonetidae
    Subfamily:  
Strophochonetinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Tulynetes Racheboeuf & TONG-DZUY, 2000, p. 1048
    Type Species:  
Chonetes hoabinhensis MANSUY, 1914, p. 58, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 1743, 4a-c. *T. hoabinhensis (Mansuy), ventral exterior, dorsal exterior, dorsal interior, x3 (Racheboeuf & Tong-Dzuy, 2000).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Vietnam


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian
    Beginning International Stage:  
Lochkovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
419
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Devonian
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Shell medium, costellate with median enlarged costa variably developed, in ventral valve only or in both valves, spines orthomorph perpendicular, with two proximal spines lacking on left side, ventral interior with relatively short, laterally elongated, subrectangular hinge teeth, dorsal interior with strongly bilobed and dorsally geniculated cardinal process, elevated above valve floor, breviseptum-like, often spinose median ridge, and medially well-developed endospines, long, narrow, posteriorly bent inner socket ridges




References



Museum or Author Information

T, Racheboeuf & Tong-Dzuy, 2000