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Cornia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Branchiopoda
    Subclass:  
Diplostraca
    Order:  
Conchostraca
    Suborder:  
Spinicaudata
    Superfamily:  
Vertexioidea
    Family:  
Vertexiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cornia LYUTKEVICH, 1937
    Type Species:  
*C. papillaria Lyutkevich, 1937, p. 63, OD, non C. melliculum Lyutkevich, 1937, p. 64 (nom. nud., incorrectly designated as genotype), non C. melliculum Lyutkevich, 1941, p. 36, not "one of the originally included nominal species"-ICZN Code (1961) Art. 69, a


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Fig. 58,1a. C. papillaria, U.Perm.(Tatar.), Kuznetsk Basin, two valves, X17 (79). -- Fig. 58, 1b. C. laminata (Raymond), L.Perm.(Leonard.), USA(Kans.-Okla.), right valve, X24 (142)


Synonyms

Pemphieycius


Geographic Distribution

USSR (Sib.), N. Am. (USA)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.(Westphal.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
48.4
    Beginning Date:  
319.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U. Perm.(Tatar.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
40
    Ending Date:  
257.43


Description

Valve shape varying from subovate to subrectangular, beak position subcentral to anterior, small spine or tubercle rising from center of initial valve, sculpture punctate




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