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Bothrophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Caniniina
Family:
Bothrophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bothrophyllum TRAUTSCHOLD, 1879, p. 30
Type Species:
Turbinolia eoniea FISCHER VON WALDHEIM, 1830, explanation of pI. 30, fig. 6, sensu TRAUTSCHOLD, 1879, p. 30; M; tin coll. 83, LGU, Leningrad; lectotype by DOBROLYUBOVA, 1937, p. 35
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Fig. 227,3a-e. *B. conieum (FISCHER VON WALDHEIM), U.Carb. (Moscov.), Moscow Basin, Myachkovo; a,b, transv. secs., X2.0; e, another specimen, long. sec., X 1.3 (Dobrolyubova, 1937).
Synonyms
Rossophyllum, Pseudocaninia, Botrophyllum, ?Caninophyllum, ?Bothroclisia, ?Siedleckia
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Kazakh. ), L.Carb. (Visean), Eu.(Brit.I.-N. Zemlya), U.Carb.(Moscov. ), Eu. (Spits.-?Spain-Czech.-USSR), ?Penn., N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Tournais.)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Tournais.)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Solitary, large, with numerous long septa, cardinal and more commonly counter septum may be elongate, and may be conjoined in long, thin, irregular lamina; ends of major septa may be fused in groups axially, forming weak and inconstant axial structure that may be reinforced by axial tabellae; fossula open; septa may be thickened in tabularium, thinning first from counter quadrants; thickened part of cardinal septum may be short; septa thin in dissepimentarium, dissepiments small, normal concentric, anguloconcentric, or replaced by two smaller, inosculating plates; tabular floors low domes with auxiliary tabellae in inconstant axial structure. [Lectotype needs restudy.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Caniniina
Family:
Bothrophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bothrophyllum TRAUTSCHOLD, 1879, p. 30
Type Species:
Turbinolia eoniea FISCHER VON WALDHEIM, 1830, explanation of pI. 30, fig. 6, sensu TRAUTSCHOLD, 1879, p. 30; M; tin coll. 83, LGU, Leningrad; lectotype by DOBROLYUBOVA, 1937, p. 35
Images
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Fig. 227,3a-e. *B. conieum (FISCHER VON WALDHEIM), U.Carb. (Moscov.), Moscow Basin, Myachkovo; a,b, transv. secs., X2.0; e, another specimen, long. sec., X 1.3 (Dobrolyubova, 1937).
Synonyms
Rossophyllum, Pseudocaninia, Botrophyllum, ?Caninophyllum, ?Bothroclisia, ?Siedleckia
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Kazakh. ), L.Carb. (Visean), Eu.(Brit.I.-N. Zemlya), U.Carb.(Moscov. ), Eu. (Spits.-?Spain-Czech.-USSR), ?Penn., N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Tournais.)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Tournais.)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Solitary, large, with numerous long septa, cardinal and more commonly counter septum may be elongate, and may be conjoined in long, thin, irregular lamina; ends of major septa may be fused in groups axially, forming weak and inconstant axial structure that may be reinforced by axial tabellae; fossula open; septa may be thickened in tabularium, thinning first from counter quadrants; thickened part of cardinal septum may be short; septa thin in dissepimentarium, dissepiments small, normal concentric, anguloconcentric, or replaced by two smaller, inosculating plates; tabular floors low domes with auxiliary tabellae in inconstant axial structure. [Lectotype needs restudy.]