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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


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Fossil Image
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

Brunton & Mundy, 1988, Brunton & Mundy, 1988