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Stringocephalus
Sign in to saveStringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumBrachiopoda
- ClassRhynchonellata
- OrderTerebratulida
- FamilyStringocephalidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 92
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Stringocephalidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, PRI, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Algeria
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Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stringocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.