Platystrophia

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Platystrophia
Temporal range: Ordovician - Silurian
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Platystrophia ponderosa (Ordovician).
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Platystrophia

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Platystrophia is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived from the Ordovician to the Silurian in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. It has a prominent sulcus and fold. It usually lived in marine lime mud and sands.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 79)

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