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Two new brachiopod genera from the Lower Pragian (Lower Devonian, Soda Creek Limestone) of west-central Alaska

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New strophomenid and rhynchonellid (Brachiopoda) taxa are described from the Lower Pragian (Soda Creek Limestone) of west-central Alaska: Harperoides gen. nov. with type species H. alaskensis sp. nov. (subfamily Mesodouvillinae Harper et Boucot) and Pedderia gen. nov. with type species P. fragosa sp. nov. (family Pygmaellidae Baranov).

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  1. Institute of Diamond Geology and Preciosus Metals, Yakutsk Science Center, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina, 39, Yakutsk, 677890, Russia

    V. V. Baranov

  2. 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, USA

    R. B. Blodgett

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Baranov, R.B. Blodgett, 2016, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, No. 1, pp. 34–39.

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Baranov, V.V., Blodgett, R.B. Two new brachiopod genera from the Lower Pragian (Lower Devonian, Soda Creek Limestone) of west-central Alaska. Paleontol. J. 50, 34–40 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116010020

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