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Bodophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Streptelasmatidae
Subfamily:
Dalmanophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bodophyllum NEUMAN, 1969, p. 54
Type Species:
B. osmundense, OD, †D1292, PM, Uppsala
Images
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Fig. 90,1a-h. *B. osmundense, Boda Ls., Swed., Osmundsberg, NE. Quarry, Siljan distr.; a, topotype, long. sec., X2.7; bog, topotype, serial transv. sees., X2.7; h, holotype, calicular view, X2.0 (Neuman, 1969).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Nor.-Swed.-?Scot.-?Eire-?Wales)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Sandbian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
458.18
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
443.07
Description
Solitary, small to medium-sized, ceratoid, trochoid, or subcalceoloid, cardinal side convex, calice deep with prominent calicular boss rounded or elliptical in transverse section, axial structure solid, fairly narrow, of septal lobes, ?synapticulae, and few lamellae originating from long major septa, minor septa short, peripheral stereozone narrow, tabulae few, domed, incomplete or complete [see WEYER, 1974a, p. 158].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Streptelasmatidae
Subfamily:
Dalmanophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bodophyllum NEUMAN, 1969, p. 54
Type Species:
B. osmundense, OD, †D1292, PM, Uppsala
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 90,1a-h. *B. osmundense, Boda Ls., Swed., Osmundsberg, NE. Quarry, Siljan distr.; a, topotype, long. sec., X2.7; bog, topotype, serial transv. sees., X2.7; h, holotype, calicular view, X2.0 (Neuman, 1969).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Nor.-Swed.-?Scot.-?Eire-?Wales)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Sandbian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
458.18
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
443.07
Description
Solitary, small to medium-sized, ceratoid, trochoid, or subcalceoloid, cardinal side convex, calice deep with prominent calicular boss rounded or elliptical in transverse section, axial structure solid, fairly narrow, of septal lobes, ?synapticulae, and few lamellae originating from long major septa, minor septa short, peripheral stereozone narrow, tabulae few, domed, incomplete or complete [see WEYER, 1974a, p. 158].