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Yakovlevia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productellidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Yakovlevia Fredericks, 1925, p. 7
    Type Species:  
Y. kaluzinensis, OD


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Fig. 310, 1a. *Y. kaluzinensis, upper Lower Permian, eastern Siberia, ventral valve internal mold, x0.7$ (Wiman, 1914), FIG. 310, 1b, c. Y. mammata (Keyserling), Lower Permian, northern Russia, ventral valve viewed ventrally, anteriorly, X1 (Licharew, 1947), Fig. 310, 1d, e. Y. multistriata (Meek), Lower Permian, Texas, $d$, ventral valve exterior, x1, e$, dorsal valve interior, x2$ (Licharew, 1947)


Synonyms

Muirwoodia


Geographic Distribution

Siberia, Arctic regions, Mongolia, China, Japan, USA


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Permian (Sakmarian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sakmarian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
293.52
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Permian (Kazanian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Roadian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
269.21


Description

Medium to large, outline pentagonal to subquadrate, ventral profile with flattened disk, strong geniculation, long trail, corpus cavity shallow, commonly median sulcus, starting posteriorly on disk, ribbing fine, weak, spines in rows of increasing size near hinge, plus few others, commonly four symmetrically placed, muscle fields strongly impressed, cardinal process sessile, broad, lateral ridges close to hinge, strongly angled separating small ears, anterior disk thickened or with endospines.




References



Museum or Author Information

Wiman, 1914, Licharew, 1947, Licharew, 1947