Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Brachiopoda |
| Class: Lingulata |
| Order: Lingulida |
| Family: Lingulidae |
| Genus: Lingula |
| Species: Lingula delia Hall, 1867 |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Moscow Formation |
| Ludlowville Formation |
| Skaneateles Formation |
| Marcellus Subgroup |
References
Wilson (2014): pp. 120, 121.
Remarks
From Wilson (2014, p. 120): “Shell approximately twice as long as wide, with fine concentric lines of growth. To 10-15 mm.”
From Carlton Brett and Gordon Baird: “L. delia is the most common and widespread lingulid in the Middle Devonian. It is found in siliciclastic siltstone and mudstone facies but may even occur in nearly black shale suggesting a strong tolerance of hypoxia. The fact that articulated specimens are often vertically oriented and heavily compressed in the anterior-posterior axis indicates that these animals lived as modern lingulids, in burrows in the soft sediment but were frequently highly deformed.”
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