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Bradyphyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Stereolasmatina
    Family:  
Actinophrentidae
    Subfamily:  
Actinophrentinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Bradyphyllum GRABAU, 1928, p. 35
    Type Species:  
B. bellicostatum, OD; +1567, not traced, ?Peking


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Fossil Image
Fig. 203,3a-d. *B. bellieostatum, holotype, M.Carb., Moukou F., Kansu, Moukou, Fu-I-Hsien; a-d, transv. secs., X3 (Gra- bau, 1928).


Synonyms

Lytvolasma, ?Proheterelasma, Zaphrentis,


Geographic Distribution

Asia(Kansu); L.Penn., N.Am.(Mont.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.(Moscov.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
315.15
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.(Moscov.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
307.02


Description

Small, solitary, fossula on convex side or variable, in early stages septa straight, long, axial parts somewhat thickened and contiguous, insertion of septa in counter quadrants accelerated; in late stages major septa withdrawn somewhat from axis, axial ends of some may cease to be conjoined, and length of cardinal and counter septa may vary from long to short; rhopaloid thickening of axial ends of septa variable; minor septa very short; tabulae domed; no dissepiments.




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