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Pelonomia Cooper 1965

Description

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.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Taffiidae
Genus
Pelonomia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Strophomenida
Phylum
Brachiopoda
Scientific name authorship
Cooper
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pelonomia Cooper, 1965 sec. Hansen & Holmer, 2011

References

  • Benedetto, J. L. & Cech, N. (2006) An outer-ramp brachiopod assemblage from the uppermost San Juan Formation (middle Arenig), northern Argentina Precordillera: paleoecologic and biogeographic implications. Ameghiniana, 43 (1), 27 - 44.