
Stringocephalus obesus Grabau,
Middle Devonian, Guangxi, China
A Terebratulid brachiopod that lived in the Middle Devonian shallow oceans and is one of the largest brachiopod fossils in the world. The shell is characterized by an ovoid outline with curved beak. The thick strong shells indicate a lifestyle in a shallow-marine high-energy environment. Although mostly found as single animals, it is here preserved as a group in a shell-bed.

Stringocephalus burtini alpha Grabau
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Terebratulida
Devonian, Guangxi, China
Size: 6.5cm

Dicoelostrophia punctata Wang
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Strophomenida
Devonian, Guangxi, China
Size: 2cm

Athyris
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Middle Devonian, Yunnan, China
Size: 1.5cm diameter

Athyris hunanensis Tien
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Middle Devonian, China
Size: 3.5cm

Atrypa
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Atrypida
Middle Devonian, Yunnan, China
Size: 3x3cm

Atrypa desquamata Sowerby
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Atrypida
Middle Devonian, China
Size: 4cm

Acrospirifer
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Lower Devonian, Guangxi, China
Size: 5x2cm

Acrospirifer increbessens (Wang)
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Devonian, Guangxi, China
Size: 5cm

Cyrtospirifer sinensis (Grabau)
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Upper Devonian, Hunan, China
Size: 2cm

Eurospirifer
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Lower Devonian, Guangxi, China
Size: 10x3cm

Xenostrophia
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Strophomenida
Lower Devonian, Guangxi, China
Size: 1x2cm, 2x2cm

Dictyoclostus
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Strophomenida
Upper Carboniferous, Guangxi, China
Size: 5x3x4cm

Dictyoclostus gruenewaldi (Krotor)
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Strophomenida
Carboniferous, China
Size: 6cm

Choristites
Brachiopoda, Articulata, Spiriferida
Upper Carboniferous, Henan, China
Size: 5x3x3cm
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