Kingdom Animalia Suborder Terebratulidina Family Stringocephalidae Rank Genus | Class Rhynchonellata Superfamily Stringocephaloidea Phylum Brachiopoda Order Terebratulida | |
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Similar Uncites, Atrypa, Cyrtospirifer, Athyris, Spirifer | ||
Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.
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