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Marginifera

Marginifera is an extinct genus of brachiopod belonging to the order Productida. Specimens have been found in Carboniferous to Triassic beds in Asia, Europe, Madagascar, and North America.

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Marginifera
Temporal range:
M. lasallenus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: †Strophomenata
Order: †Productida
Tribe: †Marginiferini
Genus: †Marginifera
Waagen 1884
Species

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Marginifera is an extinct genus of brachiopod belonging to the order Productida. Specimens have been found in Carboniferous1 to Triassic2 beds in Asia,345 Europe,67 Madagascar,8 and North America.910

Species

  • M. altimontana Sestini 19653
  • M. andreai Angiolini 19955
  • M. bicostala Lee and Gu 19804
  • M. brevisulcata Cooper 195711
  • M. carniolica Schellwien 19007
  • M. costellata Cooper 195711
  • M. elongatoides Zeng et al. 199512
  • M. ganota Grant 19936
  • M. gobiensis Chao 19274
  • M. haydenensis Girty 19039
  • M. hubeiensis Ni 197713
  • M. involuta Tschernyschew 19024
  • M. jalaidensis Lee and Gu 19804
  • M. juresanensis Tschernyschew 190214
  • M. lebedevi Tschernyschew 190215
  • M. longispina Sowerby 181416
  • M. madagascariensis Astre 19348
  • M. magniplicata Huang 193217
  • M. minor King 193110
  • M. morrisi Chao 19274
  • M. multicostellata Cooper 195711
  • M. nathorstfjordensis Dunbar 195518
  • M. nesiotes Grant 197619
  • M. orvini Frebold 194220
  • M. parahimalayensis Lee and Gu 19804
  • M. planocosta Easton 196221
  • M. popovkaensis Zavodowsky 196822
  • M. profundosulcata Cooper 195711
  • M. qaganqulutica Lee and Gu 19804
  • M. qamarensis Yanagida and Pillevuit 199423
  • M. rimuensisMerla 19343
  • M. schartimiensiformis Lapina 196024
  • M. schellwieni Tschernyschew 190225
  • M. semigratiosa Reed 192726
  • M. septentrionalis Tschernyschew 190227
  • M.sexcostata Licharew 193728
  • M. spinulifera Campi and Shi 200729
  • M. tetraspina Lee and Duan 198516
  • M. timanica Tschernyschew 190225
  • M. unsulcata Li 198630
  • M. uralica Tschernyschew 188914
  • M. yanhuensis Sun 199131
  • M. zhongbaensis Jin and Sun 198132
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