Gonella, a new genus and first color patterned terebratulidine brachiopod from the Lower Devonian of Northeast Asia

 

Authors: Baranov VV, Blodgett RB

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 86, issue 2; pages: 269 - 274; Received 4 February 2011; Accepted in revised form 17 February 2011; Online 20 April 2011

Keywords: color pattern, new genus, Terebratulidina, Lower Devonian, Northeast Asia,

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Abstract

The terebratulidine Gonella boucoti gen. et sp. nov. is described from Pragian and Emsian strata of the Selennyakh Range (Northeast Asia). Color patterns are found in both valves, consisting of six radial, dark reddish-brown color bands which begin at the beak, and uniformly expand anteriorly to the anterior margins of the valves. The latter feature, in combination with the character of accompanying megafauna, clearly testify to the presence of a tropical-subtropical climate for this region.

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