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Eoplicoplasia, a new genus of Silurian–Lower Devonian ambocoeliid brachiopods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

J. G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331
A. C. Lenz
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7

Extract

The genus Plicoplasia Boucot, 1959 (type species P. cooperi Boucot, 1959), embraces certain Lower Devonian brachiopods of the subfamily Ambocoeliinae, family Ambocoeliidae. The geographic range of Plicoplasia includes North America (Eastern Americas Realm) and South America and South Africa (Malvinokaffric Realm).

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