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Odontochile
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Phacopida
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Dalmanitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Odontochile Hawle & Corda, 1847
Type Species:
Asaphus hatismanni Brongniart, 1822, SD Tripp & Whit- TARD, 1956 (ICZN pend.)
Images
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Fig. 371, 2. *O. hausmanni (Brongniart), M.Dev., Czech., 2 a, b, exoskel., hypostoma, x1 (3).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-S.Am.-Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M. Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Cephalon resembling that of Dalmanites, but anterior sections of facial sutures distant from glabellar frontal lobe, Hypostoma with 5 to 7 denticles along posterior edge, Pygidium very long, with 16 to 22 rings and 12 to 15 pairs of ribs, doublure broad
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Phacopida
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Dalmanitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Odontochile Hawle & Corda, 1847
Type Species:
Asaphus hatismanni Brongniart, 1822, SD Tripp & Whit- TARD, 1956 (ICZN pend.)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 371, 2. *O. hausmanni (Brongniart), M.Dev., Czech., 2 a, b, exoskel., hypostoma, x1 (3).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-S.Am.-Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M. Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Cephalon resembling that of Dalmanites, but anterior sections of facial sutures distant from glabellar frontal lobe, Hypostoma with 5 to 7 denticles along posterior edge, Pygidium very long, with 16 to 22 rings and 12 to 15 pairs of ribs, doublure broad