A new species of Theodossia Nalivkin (Brachiopoda: Spiriferida) from the Frasnian of Novaya Zemlya

D.V. Bezgodova

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2015, 319(4): 465–479 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.4.465

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Abstract

Descriptions of three new species of Devonian brachiopods Theodossia kagarmanovi sp. nov., Th. novosemelica sp. nov. и Th. tcherkesovae sp. nov. are given. Species belong to the order Spiriferida, suborder Spiriferidina, superfamily Theodossioidea, family Theodossiidae. Brachiopods are collected from the Middle and Upper Frasnian sections of the Southern Novaya Zemlya, Karskie Vorota strait area (Zhandrov and Menshikov subregional Horizons). Besides the description of the shell morphology and interior structure the article contains data about new species stratigraphic distribution and a history of Devonian brachiopods from Novaya Zemlya study.

Key words

brachiopods, Devonian, Novaya Zemlya, spiriferids

Submitted October 27, 2014 · Accepted October 24, 2015 · Published December 25, 2015

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