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Ceratophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Disphyllidae
Subfamily:
Disphyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ceratophyllum GÜRICH, 1896, p. 163
Type Species:
C. typus, OD, tneotype Tcl/l, Gürich Coll., PZI, Poznan, by Fedorowski, 1967a, p. 216, =Cyathophyllum ceratites Goldfuss sensu FRECH, 1886, p. 177 (63)
Images
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Fig. 170,2a-c. *C. typus, low. Givet., Pol., Skaly, a, transv. sec., early stage, b, transv. sec., late stage, c, long. sec., all X2 (Fedorowski, 1967a).
Synonyms
Kunthia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Pol.-?Urals)
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
Solitary or with few offsets, septa invariably carinate, septal trabeculae ?rhipidacanthine, arranged in broad, asymmetrical fans or half fans, symmetry bilateral in early stages with prominent counter septum, radial later, septa may be somewhat thickened in tabularium, dissepimentarial floors horizontal peripherally but declined adaxially to tabularium, dissepiments small and globose, no horseshoe dissepiments, tabularium wide, tabular floors horizontal or concave, tabulae incomplete [FEDOROWSKI, 1967a, p. 214; but see also PICKETT, 1967b, p. 40].
References
Gürich, Georg, 1896, Das Palaeozoicum des Polnischen Mittelgebirges: Russ.-Kais. Mineral. Ges., Verh., ser. 2, v. 32, p. 1-539, pl. 1-15, map.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Disphyllidae
Subfamily:
Disphyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ceratophyllum GÜRICH, 1896, p. 163
Type Species:
C. typus, OD, tneotype Tcl/l, Gürich Coll., PZI, Poznan, by Fedorowski, 1967a, p. 216, =Cyathophyllum ceratites Goldfuss sensu FRECH, 1886, p. 177 (63)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 170,2a-c. *C. typus, low. Givet., Pol., Skaly, a, transv. sec., early stage, b, transv. sec., late stage, c, long. sec., all X2 (Fedorowski, 1967a).
Synonyms
Kunthia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Pol.-?Urals)
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
Solitary or with few offsets, septa invariably carinate, septal trabeculae ?rhipidacanthine, arranged in broad, asymmetrical fans or half fans, symmetry bilateral in early stages with prominent counter septum, radial later, septa may be somewhat thickened in tabularium, dissepimentarial floors horizontal peripherally but declined adaxially to tabularium, dissepiments small and globose, no horseshoe dissepiments, tabularium wide, tabular floors horizontal or concave, tabulae incomplete [FEDOROWSKI, 1967a, p. 214; but see also PICKETT, 1967b, p. 40].
References
Gürich, Georg, 1896, Das Palaeozoicum des Polnischen Mittelgebirges: Russ.-Kais. Mineral. Ges., Verh., ser. 2, v. 32, p. 1-539, pl. 1-15, map.