{"id":4204,"date":"2014-01-05T14:22:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T19:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4204"},"modified":"2016-10-10T12:55:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:55:21","slug":"tetraphalerella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/strophomenata\/strophomenida\/strophomenidae\/tetraphalerella\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetraphalerella<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass: Strophomenata<\/a>
\nOrder: Strophomenida<\/a>
\nFamily: Strophomenidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Tetraphalerella<\/em> Wang, 1949
\nCincinnatian Species: Tetraphalerella neglecta <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nType species<\/strong>: Tetraphalerella cooperi<\/em> Wang, 1949 (Jin & Zhan, 2001)
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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nOrdovician (Ashgill)<\/p>\n

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

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

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  • Larger shell, more strongly transverse outline, more prominent and well-arranged pseudopunctae, and much thinner socket ridges that are undercut and dip posteriorly than Strophomena<\/em> <\/li>\n
  • Pseudopunctae arranged in radial rows, whereas they are irregularly distributed in Strophomena<\/em> <\/li>\n
  • Ventral adductor muscle scars completely enclosed by diductor scars<\/li>\n
  • Socket plates more recurved laterally back toward the hinge line<\/li>\n
  • Dorsal transmuscle ridges not known<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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