J.G. Johnson
R. B. Blodgett
1994
<div class="abstract-content"><div class="abstract" data-abstract-type="normal"><p>The brachiopod genus<span> </span><span class="italic">Verneuilia</span><span> </span>Hall and Clarke, 1893, is recognized for the first time in North America, where it is represented by a new species described here,<span> </span><span class="italic">V. langenstrasseni.</span><span> </span>This occurrence not only extends the geographic range of the genus, but also the lower age and stratigraphic limit into the Eifelian (early Middle Devonian). Previously, the oldest known species was the type,<span> </span><span class="italic">V. cheiropteryx</span><span> </span>d'Archiac and de Verneuil, 1842, from the Givetian (late Middle Devonian) of Germany. Internal structures of<span> </span><span class="italic">V. langenstrasseni</span><span> </span>n. sp. are similar to those of genera in the ambocoeliid subfamily Rhynchospiriferinae, providing the first good evidence of a systematic relationship.</p></div></div>
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First recognition of the genus Verneuilia Hall and Clarke (Brachiopoda, Spiriferida) from North America (west-central Alaska)
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