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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