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Arctophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Caniniina
    Family:  
Cyathopsidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Arctophyllum FEDOROWSKI, 1975, p. 43
    Type Species:  
Campophyllum intermedium TOULA, 1875, p. 50, OD, †Toula, pl. 5, fig. 13, UG, Graz


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Fig. 223,3a-d. *A. intermedium (TOULA); a,b, holotype, Novaya Zemlya, transv. sees., X2.5; c,d, another specimen, V.Carb. (Gshel.) or L.Perm., Spitsbergen, Bellsund; c,d, transv., long. sees., X2.0 (Fedorowski, 1975).


Synonyms

Pseudozaphrentoides


Geographic Distribution

Eu. (N.Zemlya); U.Carb., Eu.(VSSR); U.Carb.-L. Perm., Eu.(Spits)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carb.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
359.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carb.
    Ending International Stage:  
Gzhelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
298.89


Description

Solitary, major and minor septa continuous, in late stages major withdrawn from axis, cardinal septum short, counter less so, in early stages cardinal and alar septa long, counter short, septal thickening notable in tabularium and especially in cardinal quadrants; fossula deep, open; dissepimentarium narrow, without lonsdaleoid dissepiments; tabulae low domes, flattened axially, complete or incomplete; tabellae broad.




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