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Antherolites
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Favositina
Superfamily:
Favositicae
Family:
Multisoleniidae
Subfamily:
Antherolitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Antherolites SOKOLOV, 1955, p. 148
Type Species:
A. septosus, OD, †30, coll. 599, VNIGRI, Leningrad
Images
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Fig. 372,la,b. *A. scptosus, holotype, Wenlock, C.Asia, Balkhash area; a,b, transv., long. secs., X4 (Sokolov, 1955).
Synonyms
Spinopora, ?Somphoporella
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Kazakh.); ?M.Sil., Asia(Shensi)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.(Wenlock.)
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.(Wenlock.)
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum small, hemispherical calices of corallites roundly stellate in transverse section; walls thin, septa six, laminar basally; mural pores large, at edges of faces of corallites, may be on radial protuberances so that corallum appears meandroid in part in transverse section.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Favositina
Superfamily:
Favositicae
Family:
Multisoleniidae
Subfamily:
Antherolitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Antherolites SOKOLOV, 1955, p. 148
Type Species:
A. septosus, OD, †30, coll. 599, VNIGRI, Leningrad
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 372,la,b. *A. scptosus, holotype, Wenlock, C.Asia, Balkhash area; a,b, transv., long. secs., X4 (Sokolov, 1955).
Synonyms
Spinopora, ?Somphoporella
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Kazakh.); ?M.Sil., Asia(Shensi)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.(Wenlock.)
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.(Wenlock.)
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum small, hemispherical calices of corallites roundly stellate in transverse section; walls thin, septa six, laminar basally; mural pores large, at edges of faces of corallites, may be on radial protuberances so that corallum appears meandroid in part in transverse section.