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Zhongpingia
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Superfamily:
Cryptonelloidea
Family:
Uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Zhongpingia YANG, 1983, p. 35
Type Species:
Z. cimicinoidesiformis, OD
Images
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Fig. 1339, 4a-c. *Z. cimicinoidesiformis, Jide Formation, Maanshan, Xiangzhou, holotype, ventral, lateral, and anterior views of conjoined shell, YI-IV 47297, × 5 (Yang, 1983).
Synonyms
Xenocryptonella
Geographic Distribution
southern China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Beginning International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
385.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small, circular, deltidial plates present, no cardinal process, dental plates present, short crural plates and hinge plates, simple (possibly acuminate) loop. Interior structures are imperfectly known.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Superfamily:
Cryptonelloidea
Family:
Uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Zhongpingia YANG, 1983, p. 35
Type Species:
Z. cimicinoidesiformis, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1339, 4a-c. *Z. cimicinoidesiformis, Jide Formation, Maanshan, Xiangzhou, holotype, ventral, lateral, and anterior views of conjoined shell, YI-IV 47297, × 5 (Yang, 1983).
Synonyms
Xenocryptonella
Geographic Distribution
southern China
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Beginning International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
385.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Devonian (Givetian)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small, circular, deltidial plates present, no cardinal process, dental plates present, short crural plates and hinge plates, simple (possibly acuminate) loop. Interior structures are imperfectly known.