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Amplexoides
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stauriina
Family:
Amplexidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Amplexoides WANG, 1947a, p. 174
Type Species:
Amplexus appendiculatus LINDSTRÖM, 1883a, p. 63, OD, syntypes in Richthofen Coll., HU, E. Berlin
Images
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Fig. 79,la,b. *A. appendiculatus (LINDSTROM), syntype, M.Sil., Szechwan, Chaotien; a,b, transv., long. sees., Xl approx. (Lindstrom, 1883a). --Fig. 79,lc. A. severnensis (PARKS), holotype, ?L.Sil., Ont., limestone rapids, Severn R., long. sec., restored, X3 (Parks, 1915).
Synonyms
Protopilophyllum, Protyrrellia, Amplexlts severnensis
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ont.); L.Sil.-M. Sil., Asia(Szechwan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum solitary, trochoid to subcylindrical, septa amplex- oid, longitudinally continuous only in narrow peripheral stereozone, major septa extending adaxially only as long, low ridges developed on upper surfaces of complete, horizontal tabulae that may have downturned edges; minor septa short, no dissepiments.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stauriina
Family:
Amplexidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Amplexoides WANG, 1947a, p. 174
Type Species:
Amplexus appendiculatus LINDSTRÖM, 1883a, p. 63, OD, syntypes in Richthofen Coll., HU, E. Berlin
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 79,la,b. *A. appendiculatus (LINDSTROM), syntype, M.Sil., Szechwan, Chaotien; a,b, transv., long. sees., Xl approx. (Lindstrom, 1883a). --Fig. 79,lc. A. severnensis (PARKS), holotype, ?L.Sil., Ont., limestone rapids, Severn R., long. sec., restored, X3 (Parks, 1915).
Synonyms
Protopilophyllum, Protyrrellia, Amplexlts severnensis
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ont.); L.Sil.-M. Sil., Asia(Szechwan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum solitary, trochoid to subcylindrical, septa amplex- oid, longitudinally continuous only in narrow peripheral stereozone, major septa extending adaxially only as long, low ridges developed on upper surfaces of complete, horizontal tabulae that may have downturned edges; minor septa short, no dissepiments.