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Waagenites
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Waagenites Paeckelmann, 1930, p. 223
Type Species:
Chonetes grandicostus WAAGEN, 1884, p. 638, OD
Images
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Fig. 265, 5a-d. *W. grandicostus (Waagen), upper Productus Limestone, Pakistan, $a$, ventral valve exterior, x1, } b-d$, enlarged ventral, posterior, lateral views, x2$ (Muir-Wood, 1962).
Synonyms
Dienerella
Geographic Distribution
Pakistan, Timor, ?North America, Arctic (Spitzbergen)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Beginning International Stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
259.55
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Small, quadrate, ventral valve highly convex, with deep median sulcus, no pseudodeltidium, umbo much incurved, valves with very few coarse costae, or costellate, rarely capillate, ears large, smooth, dorsal septum medianly developed, short socket ridges
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Chonetoidea
Family:
Rugosochonetidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Waagenites Paeckelmann, 1930, p. 223
Type Species:
Chonetes grandicostus WAAGEN, 1884, p. 638, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 265, 5a-d. *W. grandicostus (Waagen), upper Productus Limestone, Pakistan, $a$, ventral valve exterior, x1, } b-d$, enlarged ventral, posterior, lateral views, x2$ (Muir-Wood, 1962).
Synonyms
Dienerella
Geographic Distribution
Pakistan, Timor, ?North America, Arctic (Spitzbergen)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Beginning International Stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
259.55
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Small, quadrate, ventral valve highly convex, with deep median sulcus, no pseudodeltidium, umbo much incurved, valves with very few coarse costae, or costellate, rarely capillate, ears large, smooth, dorsal septum medianly developed, short socket ridges