Lower Mississippian (Osagean) Spire-Bearing Brachiopods From Cañón De La Peregrina, North of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Northeastern México

New insights on Tournaisian–Visean (Carboniferous, Mississippian) athyridide, orthotetide, rhynchonellide, and strophomenide brachiopods from southern Belgium

“…Lamellosathyris lamellosa and other L. species (see Chen et al, 2003) have been discussed in detail by Carter (1967), Brunton (1980Brunton ( , 1984, Chen et al (2003), and Sour-Tovar et al (2005). However, contrary to Brunton's opinion reported in Chen et al (2003), L. lamellosa reaches a size similar to that of L. qaidamensis Chen et al, 2003.…”

“…Among the athyridide species recognized from the Tournaisian succession of the Tournai area, Lamellosathyris lamellosa seems to have the most extensive distribution worldwide. It is notably known from the Mississippian succession of Western Europe (e.g., Brunton, 1980Brunton, , 1984Mottequin, 2010), North Africa (e.g., Massa et al, 1974;Havlíček and Röhlich, 1987;Mergl and Massa, 1992;, Mexico (Sour-Tovar et al, 2005), the USA (Carter, 1999), and Iran (Gaetani, 1968;Bahrammanesh et al, 2011). In the Tournai area, Demanet (1958) reported L. lamellosa from the Orient Formation to the Vaulx Member of the Tournai Formation, i.e., from the latest Hastarian to the Ivorian.…”

New productide brachiopods (Productoidea) from the Carboniferous of Ixtaltepec Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico

“…The existence of a strong affinity between the Carboniferous faunas of the Santiago Ixtaltepec area with the different faunas from the Mississippian or Pennsylvanian localities of the Midcontinent and western United States has been noted previously (Sour-Tovar, 1994; Quiroz-Barroso and Sour-Tovar, 1996; Sour-Tovar et al, 1997; Quiroz-Barroso and Perrilliat, 1998; Sour-Tovar, 2005; Navarro-Santillán et al, 2002; Torres-Martínez et al, 2008; Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar, 2012; Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar, in press). For example, of the previously brachiopods, O .…”

Early Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Altai Mountains, northern Xinjiang, Central Asia: Systematics, and palaeobiogeographic and palaeogeographical implications

“…As compared by Sarytcheva et al (1963), the Russian subspecies differs from the typical T. pseudolineatus (Hall, 1858) in having a shorter hingeline and a somewhat lower ventral interarea. By contrast, Sour-Tovar et al (2005) suggested that T. pseudolineatus can be distinguished from T. asiaticus by its ill-defined sulcus and fold. However, the length of hingeline, height of interarea, and the development of sulcus vary greatly among specimens assigned to the type species (Cooper, 1944;Navarro-Santillan et al, 2002;Sour-Tovar et al, 2005;Weller, 1914).…”

“…By contrast, Sour-Tovar et al (2005) suggested that T. pseudolineatus can be distinguished from T. asiaticus by its ill-defined sulcus and fold. However, the length of hingeline, height of interarea, and the development of sulcus vary greatly among specimens assigned to the type species (Cooper, 1944;Navarro-Santillan et al, 2002;Sour-Tovar et al, 2005;Weller, 1914). Thus, it seems that these two species are discriminated mainly by their geological distribution, and more materials are needed to make further comparison of their internal characters.…”