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Permiana

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cytheracea
    Family:  
Permianidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Permiana SCHNEIDER, 1947
    Type Species:  
P. oblonga SCHNEIDER, 1947


Images

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Fig. 247, 1a-d. *P. oblonga SCHNEIDER, Volga region; 1a,b, LV lat., vent., X45; 1c,d, LV and RV hinge, X53 (Schneider, 1947). -- Fig. 247,1e. P. tuberculata KASHEVAROVA, N.Dvina Basin; LV lat., X43 (192). -- Fig. 247,1f,g. P. carnuta KASHEYAROYA, Troitsk-Petchora; 1f,g, RV lat., vent., X43 (192).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.(USSR)-W.Afr.(Nigeria)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
259.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Carapace elongate rectangular, with almost parallel, slightly concave ventral and dorsal margins and broadly, slightly uneven rounded anterior and posterior margins; RV overlapping LV weakly along dorsal margin, valves swollen ventrally with posteroventral winglike process, surface smooth, pitted or bearing small spines. Hinge simple, LV hinge with median furrow having steplike sides and weak terminal thickenings corresponding to teeth, RV with shallow terminal impressions.




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