Gracianella
| Gracianella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Atrypida |
| Family: | Atrypinidae |
| Genus: | Gracianella Johnson & Coucot, 1967 [1] |
Gracianella is a genus of fossil brachiopods. It was described by Johnson and Coucot in 1967, and existed from the Silurian to the Devonian of Australia, Austria, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Italy, Tajikistan, and the United States. A new species, G. paulula, was described by Andrzej Baliński in 2012, from the early Devonian of Ukraine.[2]
References
- ↑ J. G. Johnson & A. J. Boucot (1967). "Gracianella, a new Late Silurian genus of atrypoid brachiopods". Journal of Paleontology 41 (4): 868–873. JSTOR 1302159.
- ↑ Andrzej Baliński (2012). "The brachiopod succession through the Silurian–Devonian boundary beds at Dnistrove, Podolia, Ukraine". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (in press). doi:10.4202/app.2011.0138.
External links
- "Gracianella". Paleobiology Database.
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