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Atelodictyon
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Actinostromatidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Atelodictyon LECOMPTE, 1951
Type Species:
A. fallax
Images
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Figs. 93,2; 104,2. ·A. tallax, M. Dev.(Couvin.), Belg.; 93,2, tang. sec., X12; 104, 2, long. sec., XI2 (49·).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belg.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Coenosteum laminar or globular, pillars typically superposed with appearance of continuity, lamellae in a subhexactinellid network or showing cellular to chainlike structure, astrorhizae in vertical systems, fibers compact. (Superficially, coenosteum structure resembles that of forms commonly assigned to Clathrodictyon. which have pillars not subordinate to lamellae, however.)
References
Lecompte, M., 1951-52, Les stromatoporoīdes du Dévonien moyen et supérieur du bassin de Dinant: Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., pt. 1 Lecompte, M., , mém. 116, p. 1-215, pl. 1-35; pt. 2 Lecompte, M., , mém. 117, p. 216-359, pl. 36-70.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Actinostromatidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Atelodictyon LECOMPTE, 1951
Type Species:
A. fallax
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Figs. 93,2; 104,2. ·A. tallax, M. Dev.(Couvin.), Belg.; 93,2, tang. sec., X12; 104, 2, long. sec., XI2 (49·).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belg.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Coenosteum laminar or globular, pillars typically superposed with appearance of continuity, lamellae in a subhexactinellid network or showing cellular to chainlike structure, astrorhizae in vertical systems, fibers compact. (Superficially, coenosteum structure resembles that of forms commonly assigned to Clathrodictyon. which have pillars not subordinate to lamellae, however.)
References
Lecompte, M., 1951-52, Les stromatoporoīdes du Dévonien moyen et supérieur du bassin de Dinant: Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., pt. 1 Lecompte, M., , mém. 116, p. 1-215, pl. 1-35; pt. 2 Lecompte, M., , mém. 117, p. 216-359, pl. 36-70.