The problematic cemented Devonian brachiopod Schuchertellopsis durbutensis Maillieux, 1939 |
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Authors: | Sarah L. Long C. Howard C. Brunton |
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Affiliation: | Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, Grande-Bretagne, UK |
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Abstract: | The Devonian cemented brachiopod Schuchertellopsis durbutensis has proved difficult to classify and its possible taxonomic relationships are unknown. Morphologically Schuchertellopsis resembles more closely members of the Orthotetidina than the Davidsoniidina. Examination of the shell structure, a key diagnostic feature of the Orthotetidina, shows that Schuchertellopsis has the cross laminar secondary shell typical of all orthotetidines. However, the presence of both pseudopunctate and incipient an extropunctate fabric within the ventral valve is unique amongst orthotetidine brachiopods and is thought to represent a phase of shell fabric experimentation. Schuchertellopsis probably fits most comfortably within the Schuchertellidae, and is the earliest representative of that family. |
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Keywords: | Brachiopoda Orthotetidina Schuchertellopsis Shell structure Devonian |
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