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Gondolininae, a new Carboniferous productide brachiopod subfamily

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Jin Yugan ,
C. H. C. Brunton  and
S. S. Lazarev
Jin Yugan
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, China
C. H. C. Brunton
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
S. S. Lazarev
Affiliation:
Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract

The upper Lower Carboniferous, Serpukhovian (=Chesterian) productide brachiopod genus Gondolina, from China, is made the type for the new subfamily Gondolininae in the Aulostegidae. Sectioned specimens reveal an unusual posterior dorsal flap of shell partially covering the ventral interarea.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 7 - 10
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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