Platystrophia
{{Short description|Extinct genus of brachiopods}}
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| fossil_range = Darriwilian-Lochkovian
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| image = PlatystrophiaOrdovician.jpg
| image_caption = Platystrophia ponderosa (Ordovician)
| taxon = Platystrophia
| authority = King, 1850
| type_species = Terebratulites biforatus
| type_species_authority = Schlotheim, 1820
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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Platystrophia is an extinct genus of brachiopods 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.
Distribution
Platystrophia ponderosa has been found in the Fairview and Oregonia (=Arnheim) Formations, Platystrophia clarksvillensis in the Waynesville and Liberty Formations, and Platystrophia cypha from Grant Lake to the Liberty Formations. In South America, the genus is found in the Ordovician San Juan Formation of Argentina and the Caparo Formation of Venezuela.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=26936 Platystrophia] at Fossilworks.org
Species
Species in the genus Platystrophia include:[https://www.gbif.org/species/4870617 Platystrophia] at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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- P. acutilirata (Conrad, 1842)
- P. amoena McEwan, 1919
- P. annieana Foerste, 1910
- P. anomala Hiller, 1980
- P. baltica Zuykov and Harper, 2007
- P. biforatus (Schlotheim, 1820)
- P. caelata Williams, 1974
- P. chama Eichwald, 1861
- P. clarkvillensis Foerste, 1910
- P. colbiensis Foerste, 1910
- P. costata Zuykov, 2000
- P. costatus (Pander, 1830)
- P. crassoplicata Alichova, 1951
- P. cypha (James, 1874)
- P. dentata Pander, 1830
- P. elegantula McEwan, 1919
- P. extensa McEwan, 1920
- P. hongueda
- P. hopensis (Foerste, 1910)
- P. humilis Li and Copper, 2006
- P. laticosta (James, 1871)
- P. lutkevichi Alikhova, 1951
- P. lynx Eichwald, 1830
- P. orbiculata Oraspold, 1959
- P. pogrebovi Zuykov and Harper, 2007
- P. ponderosa Foerste, 1909
- P. profundosulcata (Meek, 1873)
- P. putilovensis Zuykov, 1999
- P. quadriplicata Alikhova, 1951
- P. saxbyensis Oraspold, 1959
- P. scotica Williams, 1962
- P. tramorensis Liljeroth et al., 2017
- P. trentonensis McEwan, 1919
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References
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Further reading
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 79)
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Category:Prehistoric brachiopod genera
Category:Ordovician brachiopods
Category:Paleozoic brachiopods of Asia
Category:Paleozoic animals of Europe
Category:Paleozoic brachiopods of North America
Category:Paleozoic brachiopods of South America
Category:Fossils of the Netherlands
Category:Fossils of Great Britain
Category:Fossils of the United States
Category:Ordovician first appearances
Category:Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario
Category:Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Category:Paleozoic life of Manitoba
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut
Category:Paleozoic life of Quebec
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1850
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