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Amygdalophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Aulophyllidae
Subfamily:
Amygdalophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Amygdalophyllum Dun & BENSON, 1920, p. 339
Type Species:
A. etheridgei, M, †F1311, AM, Sydney and R22072 BM(NH), London
Images
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Fig. 233,2a,b. A. etheridgei, L.Carb., New S. Wales, Babbinboon, a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.0 (Benson & Smith, 1923).
Synonyms
Arachnolasmella
Geographic Distribution
L. Carb., Australia (New S. Wales-Queensl.)-Eu. (?Brit. I.-Pol.-Urals)-N. Afr. (Alg.)-Asia (Malaya-Sinkiang-NE.USSR-? Japan), U.Carb., Eu.(Spain)Asia (Yunnan-Kwangsi)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Solitary, large, with large dense columella composed of median plate and very numerous contiguous septal lamellae, columella may be cuspidate toward fossula, which is narrow but may expand slightly near cusp, septa numerous, long, somewhat dilated, major septa commonly extending to columella, dissepimentarium wide, of small, normal concentric plates, tabular floors cones with upturned edges, of tabellae. [see also FEDOROWSKI, 1970, p. 566, and SEMENOFF-TIAN-CHANSKY, 1974, p. 148].
References
Dun, W. S., , \& Benson, W. N., 1920, Section B, Palaeontology: in W. N. Benson, W. S. Dun, \& W. R. Browne, The geology, palaeontology and petrography of the Currabubula district, with notes on adjacent regions, Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Proc., v. 45, p. 337-374, pl. 18-24.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Aulophyllidae
Subfamily:
Amygdalophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Amygdalophyllum Dun & BENSON, 1920, p. 339
Type Species:
A. etheridgei, M, †F1311, AM, Sydney and R22072 BM(NH), London
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 233,2a,b. A. etheridgei, L.Carb., New S. Wales, Babbinboon, a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.0 (Benson & Smith, 1923).
Synonyms
Arachnolasmella
Geographic Distribution
L. Carb., Australia (New S. Wales-Queensl.)-Eu. (?Brit. I.-Pol.-Urals)-N. Afr. (Alg.)-Asia (Malaya-Sinkiang-NE.USSR-? Japan), U.Carb., Eu.(Spain)Asia (Yunnan-Kwangsi)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Solitary, large, with large dense columella composed of median plate and very numerous contiguous septal lamellae, columella may be cuspidate toward fossula, which is narrow but may expand slightly near cusp, septa numerous, long, somewhat dilated, major septa commonly extending to columella, dissepimentarium wide, of small, normal concentric plates, tabular floors cones with upturned edges, of tabellae. [see also FEDOROWSKI, 1970, p. 566, and SEMENOFF-TIAN-CHANSKY, 1974, p. 148].
References
Dun, W. S., , \& Benson, W. N., 1920, Section B, Palaeontology: in W. N. Benson, W. S. Dun, \& W. R. Browne, The geology, palaeontology and petrography of the Currabubula district, with notes on adjacent regions, Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Proc., v. 45, p. 337-374, pl. 18-24.