Taxonomic reassessment of two virgianid brachiopod genera from the Upper Ordovician and Lower Silurian of South China

J. Jin, R.-B. Zhan, and J.-Y. Rong

2006

Article

Journal of Paleontology 80(1):72-82

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2006)080[0072:

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Deloprosopus
• Deloprosopus jiangshanensis
• Eoconchidium indigiricum
• Paraconchidium
• Paraconchidium shiqianensis
• Pseudoconchidium kozhimicum
• Virgiana decussata
• Viridita

Taxonomy:

• Pseudoconchidium kozhimicum belongs to Pseudoconchidium - Nikiforova and Sapel (1971)
• Deloprosopus belongs to Virgianinae - Jin et al. (2006)
• Viridita belongs to Virgianinae - Jin et al. (2006)
• Paraconchidium belongs to Virgianinae - Jin et al. (2006)
• Virgiana decussata belongs to Virgiana - Jin et al. (2006)
• Proconchidium munsteri belongs to Proconchidium - Jin et al. (2006)
• Eoconchidium indigiricum belongs to Eoconchidium - Jin et al. (2006)
• Pseudoconchidium belongs to Virgianidae - Jin et al. (2006)
• Paraconchidium shiqianensis belongs to Paraconchidium - Jin et al. (2006)
• Deloprosopus jiangshanensis belongs to Deloprosopus - Jin et al. (2006)