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Bethanyphyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Bethanyphyllidae?
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Type Species:
Cyathophyllum robustum Hall, 1876, pl. 22, fig. 1-14, OD, + 4954/3, AMNH, New York, lectotype by STUMM, 1949, p. 18
Images
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Fig. 199,1a-d. *B. robustum (Hall), lectotype, Hamilton Gr., W. N.Y., a, transv. sec., X1.0, b, portion of a, X6.7, c, long. sec., X 1.0, d, upper portion of c, X6.7 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy W. A. Oliver).
Synonyms
Phymatophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(N.Y.-Ind.-Ky.-Mich.-?Ont.)
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
Moderately large, solitary, curved, convex side cardinal, calice bell-shaped with moderately steep walls flattening peripherally to form narrow, inwardly sloping peripheral platforms, septa numerous, not carinate, and except in late stages thickened and vepreculate in tabularium, major long, extending nearly to axis, becoming elevated at axial ends to form low calical boss in some, minor septa half as long, cardinal fossula prominent, tabular floors distally arched, of tabellae, dissepiments small, globose, normal
References
Eaton, Amos, , \& Stumm, E. C., 1949, Corals of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan, Part II: Cylindrophyllum, Depasophyllum, Disphyllum, Eridophyllum, and Synaptophyllum: Univ. Michigan Mus. Paleontol., Contrib., v. 8, no. 3, p. 21-41, pl. 1-8.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Bethanyphyllidae?
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Type Species:
Cyathophyllum robustum Hall, 1876, pl. 22, fig. 1-14, OD, + 4954/3, AMNH, New York, lectotype by STUMM, 1949, p. 18
Images
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Fig. 199,1a-d. *B. robustum (Hall), lectotype, Hamilton Gr., W. N.Y., a, transv. sec., X1.0, b, portion of a, X6.7, c, long. sec., X 1.0, d, upper portion of c, X6.7 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy W. A. Oliver).
Synonyms
Phymatophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(N.Y.-Ind.-Ky.-Mich.-?Ont.)
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
Moderately large, solitary, curved, convex side cardinal, calice bell-shaped with moderately steep walls flattening peripherally to form narrow, inwardly sloping peripheral platforms, septa numerous, not carinate, and except in late stages thickened and vepreculate in tabularium, major long, extending nearly to axis, becoming elevated at axial ends to form low calical boss in some, minor septa half as long, cardinal fossula prominent, tabular floors distally arched, of tabellae, dissepiments small, globose, normal
References
Eaton, Amos, , \& Stumm, E. C., 1949, Corals of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan, Part II: Cylindrophyllum, Depasophyllum, Disphyllum, Eridophyllum, and Synaptophyllum: Univ. Michigan Mus. Paleontol., Contrib., v. 8, no. 3, p. 21-41, pl. 1-8.