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A new strophomenid subfamily Anechophragmiidae is distinguished based on the peculiarities of cardinalia. The strophomenids of this subfamily lack cardinal process at all developmental stages; their socket ridges accrete and form a high plate, which closes the pedicle opening. Two genera are referred to the subfamily: Anechophragma Neuman, 1976 and Biseptata gen. nov. with new species B. briani sp. nov. from the Ordovician of the Leningrad Region. The shell structure, exterior, endoskeleton and ontogeny of A. rarum and B. briani were studied in detail due to the excellent preservation of the material. Two species are referred to Anechophragma: A. rarum Neuman, 1976 and A. alexandrae (Andreev, 1993).
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Madison, 2013, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2013, No. 1, pp. 24–37.
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Madison, A.A. New brachiopod subfamily Anechophragmiinae (Strophomenida) from the Ordovician of the Leningrad Region. Paleontol. J. 47, 23–35 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113010061
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