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Breviphrentis
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Streptelasmatidae
Subfamily:
Breviphyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Breviphrentis STUMM, 1949, p. 13
Type Species:
Amplexus invaginatus STUMM, 1937, p. 427, OD, †94443, USNM, Washington
Images
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Fig. 95,1a,b. *B. invaginata (STUMM), holotype, low. Beds Nevada F., Nev., Atrypa Peak, Eureka mining distr.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2 (HilI, n; photographs courtesy of W. A. Oliver).
Synonyms
Breviphyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Nev.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, ceratoid to subcylindrical, major septa moderately long, amplexoid, cardinal fossula distinct, with short cardinal septum, minor septa long, connected to major septa by periaxial tabellae only, dissepiments absent; tabular floors mesa-shaped, edges declined abaxially to wall or bent downward to join tabula next below [see MERRIAM, 1974, p. 42].
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:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Streptelasmatidae
Subfamily:
Breviphyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Breviphrentis STUMM, 1949, p. 13
Type Species:
Amplexus invaginatus STUMM, 1937, p. 427, OD, †94443, USNM, Washington
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 95,1a,b. *B. invaginata (STUMM), holotype, low. Beds Nevada F., Nev., Atrypa Peak, Eureka mining distr.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2 (HilI, n; photographs courtesy of W. A. Oliver).
Synonyms
Breviphyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Nev.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, ceratoid to subcylindrical, major septa moderately long, amplexoid, cardinal fossula distinct, with short cardinal septum, minor septa long, connected to major septa by periaxial tabellae only, dissepiments absent; tabular floors mesa-shaped, edges declined abaxially to wall or bent downward to join tabula next below [see MERRIAM, 1974, p. 42].
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.