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Uralospirifer
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Suborder:
Delthyridina
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Xenomartiniidae
Subfamily:
Bojothyridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Uralospirifer HAVLÍČEK, 1959, p. 142
Type Species:
Spirifer (Delthyris) mansy KHODALEVICH, 1951, p. 96, OD
Images
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Fig. 1239, 2a-e. * U. mansy (Кhodalevich), upper Emsian or ?lower Eifelian, a-d, dorsal, ventral, anterior, lateral views, X1 (Khodalevich, 1951); e, transverse section, magnification unknown (Havlícek, ˇ 1959).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
northern Urals
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (?Eifelian)
Ending International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
385.3
Description
Medium size, slightly transverse, with curved, apsacline interarea, cardinal angles rounded, fold and sulcus prominent, smooth, flanks with 3 to 4 strong, rounded plications, fimbriate ornament, with closely spaced growth lines, thick tooth tracks forming shallow spondylium, supported posteriorly by median septum, crural plates lacking. Lower Devonian (Emsian), Middle Devonian (?Eifelian): northern Urals.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Suborder:
Delthyridina
Superfamily:
Reticularioidea
Family:
Xenomartiniidae
Subfamily:
Bojothyridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Uralospirifer HAVLÍČEK, 1959, p. 142
Type Species:
Spirifer (Delthyris) mansy KHODALEVICH, 1951, p. 96, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1239, 2a-e. * U. mansy (Кhodalevich), upper Emsian or ?lower Eifelian, a-d, dorsal, ventral, anterior, lateral views, X1 (Khodalevich, 1951); e, transverse section, magnification unknown (Havlícek, ˇ 1959).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
northern Urals
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (?Eifelian)
Ending International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
385.3
Description
Medium size, slightly transverse, with curved, apsacline interarea, cardinal angles rounded, fold and sulcus prominent, smooth, flanks with 3 to 4 strong, rounded plications, fimbriate ornament, with closely spaced growth lines, thick tooth tracks forming shallow spondylium, supported posteriorly by median septum, crural plates lacking. Lower Devonian (Emsian), Middle Devonian (?Eifelian): northern Urals.