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Waagenoconcha
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Echinoconchoidea
Family:
Echinoconchidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Waagenoconcha CНАО, 1927b, p. 24, 85
Type Species:
Productus humboldti D'ORBIGNY, 1842, p. 54, OD
Images
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Fig. 357, 1a-c. *W. humboldti (d'Orbigny), Lower Permian, Bolivia, shell viewed ventrally, dorsally, posteriorly, X1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960)., Fig. 357, 1d. W. prophetica (Cooper & Grant), upper Finnis Shale, Gzhelian, Texas; detail of ventral valve exterior, ×2 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).——FIG. 357,1e,f. W. magnifica COOPER & GRANT, upper Lower Permian, Texas; dorsal valve exterior, part of interior, × 1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Biplatyconcha, Ruthenia, Wimanoconcha
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Upper Carboniferous
Beginning International Stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
307.02
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
"Medium to large shells, outline subrounded with hinge slightly less than maximum width, corpus planoconvex, with short trails, corpus covered by pustulose, slightly elongate spine bases arranged quincuncially, dorsal interior with no buttress plates."
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Strophomenata
Order:
Productida
Superfamily:
Echinoconchoidea
Family:
Echinoconchidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Waagenoconcha CНАО, 1927b, p. 24, 85
Type Species:
Productus humboldti D'ORBIGNY, 1842, p. 54, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 357, 1a-c. *W. humboldti (d'Orbigny), Lower Permian, Bolivia, shell viewed ventrally, dorsally, posteriorly, X1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960)., Fig. 357, 1d. W. prophetica (Cooper & Grant), upper Finnis Shale, Gzhelian, Texas; detail of ventral valve exterior, ×2 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).——FIG. 357,1e,f. W. magnifica COOPER & GRANT, upper Lower Permian, Texas; dorsal valve exterior, part of interior, × 1 (Muir-Wood & Cooper, 1960).
Synonyms
Biplatyconcha, Ruthenia, Wimanoconcha
Geographic Distribution
cosmopolitan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Upper Carboniferous
Beginning International Stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
307.02
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Permian
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
"Medium to large shells, outline subrounded with hinge slightly less than maximum width, corpus planoconvex, with short trails, corpus covered by pustulose, slightly elongate spine bases arranged quincuncially, dorsal interior with no buttress plates."