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Vitiliproductus
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Vitiliproductus Ching Yu-gan & Liao ZHAO-TING, 1974, p. 278
Type Species:
Productus groeberi KRENKEL, 1913, p. 42, OD
Images
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Fig. 381, 2a-c. *V. groeberi (Krenkel), $a, b$, ventral, lateral views of shell, as figured by Krenkel (1913), ?Asbian, Tien Shan, $X_{1}, c$, ventral valve exterior, upper Viséan, Guizhou, XI (Brunton & Mundy, 1988a)., ——Fig. 381, 2d. V. wedberensis Brunton & Mundy, ?Asbian, Kerry County, Ireland, lateral view of ventral valve, X1 (Brunton & Mundy, 1988a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China, western Europe, Asia, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
"Medium to large, intersecting oblique rugae forming tetrahedral elevations over corpus, rugae commonly strong at flanks, interiors unknown."
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Linoproductoidea
Family:
Monticuliferidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Vitiliproductus Ching Yu-gan & Liao ZHAO-TING, 1974, p. 278
Type Species:
Productus groeberi KRENKEL, 1913, p. 42, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 381, 2a-c. *V. groeberi (Krenkel), $a, b$, ventral, lateral views of shell, as figured by Krenkel (1913), ?Asbian, Tien Shan, $X_{1}, c$, ventral valve exterior, upper Viséan, Guizhou, XI (Brunton & Mundy, 1988a)., ——Fig. 381, 2d. V. wedberensis Brunton & Mundy, ?Asbian, Kerry County, Ireland, lateral view of ventral valve, X1 (Brunton & Mundy, 1988a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China, western Europe, Asia, Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Carboniferous (upper Viséan)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
"Medium to large, intersecting oblique rugae forming tetrahedral elevations over corpus, rugae commonly strong at flanks, interiors unknown."