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Eurytreta Rowell 1966

Description

Eurytreta ? sp. 1

Material. Two poorly preserved ventral valves from sample JH-7.

Description. Shell subcircular. Posterior margin broad and weakly convex. Largest specimen 2.6 mm long and 2.9 mm wide. Ornamentation consisting of fine growth lines.

Ventral valve moderately high conical, 39–48% as high as long, gently concave. Pseudointerarea steeply apsacline to steeply procline with weak, narrow interridge. Anterior valve slope gently to moderately convex. Lateral slopes gently convex. Foramen posteriorly directed, constituting highest point of valve. Interior unknown.

Remarks. No satisfactory material was available for illustrations.

Occurrence. 17 m above base of Profilbekken Member, Valhallfonna Formation, Basissletta in northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen.

Notes

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 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3076.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243500

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Acrotretidae
Genus
Eurytreta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Acrotretida
Phylum
Brachiopoda
Scientific name authorship
Rowell
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Eurytreta Rowell, 1966 sec. Hansen & Holmer, 2011