{"id":4189,"date":"2014-01-05T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4189"},"modified":"2016-10-10T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:46:55","slug":"hiscobeccus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/rhynchonellata\/rhynchonellida\/rhynchotrematidae\/hiscobeccus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiscobeccus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum:\u00a0Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass:\u00a0Rhynchonellata<\/a>
\nOrder: Rhynchonellida<\/a>
\nFamily: Rhynchotrematidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Hiscobeccus<\/em> Amsden, 1983
\nCincinnatian Species: Hiscobeccus capax<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nType species<\/strong>: Atrypa capax<\/em> Conrad, 1842 (Jin et al., 1997; Jin & Zhan, 2001)
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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nLate Ordovician<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nHiscobeccus<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Moderate to strong biconvexity<\/li>\n
  • Moderately deep dorsal and ventral valves<\/li>\n
  • Ventral beak moderately to strongly curved,often appressed to opposite umbo <\/li>\n
  • Strongly formed costae and lamellose shells, shell outline varibly subovate<\/li>\n
  • Dental plates typically absent to rudimentary, open delthyrium with no deltidial plates or rarely small, incipient plates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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