{"id":526,"date":"2013-10-16T21:21:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T21:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2016-10-10T12:59:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T16:59:20","slug":"sowerbyella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/brachiopoda\/strophomenata\/strophomenida\/sowerbyellidae\/sowerbyella\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowerbyella<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Brachiopoda<\/a>
\nClass: Strophomenata<\/a>
\nOrder:\u00a0Strophomenida<\/a>
\nFamily: Sowerbyellidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Sowerbyella<\/em> Jones, 1928
\nCincinnatian Species:Sowerbyella rugosa<\/em><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nCocks & Rong (1989)<\/em><\/p>\n
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  • Subgenus: Viruella<\/em> R\u00f5\u00f5musoks<\/li>\n
  • Type species: Leptaena sericea<\/em> J. de C. Sowerby, 1839. The type species of Viruella<\/em> is Sowerbyella liliifera<\/em> \u00d6pik, 1930<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Geologic Range<\/strong>
    \nOrdovician (Llanvirn \u2013 Ashgill)<\/p>\n

    Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
    \nSowerbyella<\/em> is an extinct genus of facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeders<\/p>\n

    Characters of the Genus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Small size<\/li>\n
    • Sub-elliptical shape<\/li>\n
    • Concavoconvex<\/li>\n
    • Lack of accessory teeth and hinge line denticles<\/li>\n
    • Raised muscle platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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