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Varuna
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Suborder:
Spiriferina
Superfamily:
Paeckelmannelloidea
Family:
Strophopleuridae
Subfamily:
Bashkiriinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Varuna Waterhouse, 2004, p. 186,
Type Species:
Spirifer varuna DIENER, 1915, p. 43, OD
Images
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Fig. 1866, 1 a-b .* V. varuna (Diener), a, lectotype, dorsal view, x1, b, ventral interior, x1 (Waterhouse, 2004).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
India
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Serpukhovian-Bashkirian)
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Bashkirian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
315.15
Description
Small, transverse, dental plates and short crural plates present, otherwise similar to Adminiculoria. [This genus was originally assigned to the Angiospiriferinae, but tentatively placed in the Strophopleuridae.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Subphylum:
Rhynchonelliformea
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Spiriferida
Suborder:
Spiriferina
Superfamily:
Paeckelmannelloidea
Family:
Strophopleuridae
Subfamily:
Bashkiriinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Varuna Waterhouse, 2004, p. 186,
Type Species:
Spirifer varuna DIENER, 1915, p. 43, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1866, 1 a-b .* V. varuna (Diener), a, lectotype, dorsal view, x1, b, ventral interior, x1 (Waterhouse, 2004).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
India
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Serpukhovian-Bashkirian)
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carboniferous (Bashkirian)
Ending International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
315.15
Description
Small, transverse, dental plates and short crural plates present, otherwise similar to Adminiculoria. [This genus was originally assigned to the Angiospiriferinae, but tentatively placed in the Strophopleuridae.]