Platystrophia
| Platystrophia Temporal range: Middle Ordovician - Middle Silurian
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| Platystrophia ponderosa (Ordovician). | |
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| Genus: | Platystrophia
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Platystrophia is an extinct genus of brachiopod 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.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 79)
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