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Yanguania

Classification

    Phylum:  
Brachiopoda
    Class:  
Strophomenata
    Order:  
Productida
    Superfamily:  
Productoidea
    Family:  
Productidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Yanguania Yang SHI-PU, 1978, p. 107
    Type Species:  
Spinulicosta dushanensis Yan SHI-PU, 1964, p. 87, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 328, 2a-d. * Y. dushanensis, lower Tournaisian, Yanguan, Guizhou, $a$, shell viewed anteroventrally, x2, b$, shell viewed dorsally, x1, c, d$, shell viewed anteriorly, laterally, x1$ (Yang Shi-pu, 1978).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

southern China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
359.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
346.73


Description

Similar to Spinocarinifera, possibly differing by weak rugae posteriorly, weakly developed ribbing anteriorly




References



Museum or Author Information

Yang Shi-pu, 1978