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Aulacophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lykophyllina
Family:
Halliidae
Subfamily:
Halliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aulacophyllum Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1850, p. lxvii
Type Species:
Caninia sulcata d'Orbigny, 1850, p. 105, OD, †B3157a (=443a), d'Orbigny Coll., MN, Paris, lectotype by THEVENIN, 1906, p. 196
Images
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Fig. 165,4a,b. *A. sulcatum (D'ORBIGNY), lectotype, Falls of the Ohio; a,b, calical, lat. ext. views, cardinal septum at top in a, XO.8 (Thevenin, 1906).
Synonyms
Pinnatophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N. Am. (Ky.-Mieh.-Ohio-Ind.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, with septa in cardinal quadrants long and pinnately arranged about fossula on convex side of corallum, and radial and shorter in counter quadrants; septa dilated in early stages, dilatation decreasing from periphery to axis first in counter quadrants, later in cardinal quadrants; tabulae incomplete, tabularial floors commonly somewhat arched; small interseptal dissepiments present. [Thin section study of holotype required; STUMM'S (1963b, p. 140) interpretation followed herein.)
References
Haime, Jules, 1850, Polypiers: in P. E. P. Verneuil, Note sur les fossiles dévoniens du district de Sabero (Léon): Soc. Géol. France, Bull., sér. 2, v. 7, p. 161-162.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lykophyllina
Family:
Halliidae
Subfamily:
Halliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aulacophyllum Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1850, p. lxvii
Type Species:
Caninia sulcata d'Orbigny, 1850, p. 105, OD, †B3157a (=443a), d'Orbigny Coll., MN, Paris, lectotype by THEVENIN, 1906, p. 196
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 165,4a,b. *A. sulcatum (D'ORBIGNY), lectotype, Falls of the Ohio; a,b, calical, lat. ext. views, cardinal septum at top in a, XO.8 (Thevenin, 1906).
Synonyms
Pinnatophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N. Am. (Ky.-Mieh.-Ohio-Ind.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, with septa in cardinal quadrants long and pinnately arranged about fossula on convex side of corallum, and radial and shorter in counter quadrants; septa dilated in early stages, dilatation decreasing from periphery to axis first in counter quadrants, later in cardinal quadrants; tabulae incomplete, tabularial floors commonly somewhat arched; small interseptal dissepiments present. [Thin section study of holotype required; STUMM'S (1963b, p. 140) interpretation followed herein.)
References
Haime, Jules, 1850, Polypiers: in P. E. P. Verneuil, Note sur les fossiles dévoniens du district de Sabero (Léon): Soc. Géol. France, Bull., sér. 2, v. 7, p. 161-162.