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