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Platystrophia
Extinct genus of brachiopods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Platystrophia is an extinct genus of brachiopods 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.
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Platystrophia ponderosa (Ordovician) | |
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Family: | Plectorthidae |
Genus: | Platystrophia King, 1850 |
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Terebratulites biforatus Schlotheim, 1820 | |
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