Pelonomia Cooper 1965

Genus Pelonomia Cooper, 1965 Type species. – Orthis delicatula Billings, 1865; by original designation; Middle Ordovician, Darriwilian; Newfoundland. Diagnosis emended. low planoconvex; parvicostellate; small interareas with rudimentary pseudodeltidium but larger chilidium; short dental plates poste...

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Main Authors: Hansen, Jesper, Holmer, Lars E.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Brachiopoda
Strophomenata
Strophomenida
Taffiidae
Pelonomia
Ny Friesland
Median Ridge
Newfoundland
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5243729
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243729
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Summary:Genus Pelonomia Cooper, 1965 Type species. – Orthis delicatula Billings, 1865; by original designation; Middle Ordovician, Darriwilian; Newfoundland. Diagnosis emended. low planoconvex; parvicostellate; small interareas with rudimentary pseudodeltidium but larger chilidium; short dental plates posterolaterally bounding small ventral muscle field; small cardinal process; bladelike socket ridges; median ridge absent but larger pseudopunctae sometimes developed along midline; distinct pustules ordered in concentric and radial rows outside muscle field. Species included. Orthis delicatula Billings, 1865; Pelonomia ? sp. Benedetto in Benedetto & Cech, 2006; Pelonomia sulcata sp. nov. Published as part of Hansen, Jesper & Holmer, Lars E., 2011, Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen 3076, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 3076 (1) on page 84, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3076.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243500

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