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Circophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Kodonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Circophyllum Lang & SMITH, 1939, p. 153, nom. subst. pro Rhysodes SMITH & TREMBERTH, 1927, p. 311, non Rhysodes ILLIGER in KALMAN, 1823, a coleopteron
Type Species:
Rhysodes samsugnensis Smith & TREMBERTH, 1927, p. 311, OD, †R24355, BM (NH), London
Images
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Fig. 99,3a,b. *C. samsugnense (Smith & Tremberth), U.Sil., Slite Gr., Swed., Fårö, Gotl., a, b, long., transv. secs., X5 (Hill, n, UQF34671).
Synonyms
Rhyzodes
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Gotl.)-?Asia(Altay-Kazakh.), ?Sil., N.Am.(Utah), ?L. Dev., Asia(Tadzhik.-E.Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Fasciculate, increase peripheral, parricidal, corallites slender with narrow peripheral septal stereozone, major septa long, straight, united axially in variable groups, axial ends somewhat thickened and may be deflected, tabular floors conical with upturned edges, dissepiments absent
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Kodonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Circophyllum Lang & SMITH, 1939, p. 153, nom. subst. pro Rhysodes SMITH & TREMBERTH, 1927, p. 311, non Rhysodes ILLIGER in KALMAN, 1823, a coleopteron
Type Species:
Rhysodes samsugnensis Smith & TREMBERTH, 1927, p. 311, OD, †R24355, BM (NH), London
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 99,3a,b. *C. samsugnense (Smith & Tremberth), U.Sil., Slite Gr., Swed., Fårö, Gotl., a, b, long., transv. secs., X5 (Hill, n, UQF34671).
Synonyms
Rhyzodes
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Gotl.)-?Asia(Altay-Kazakh.), ?Sil., N.Am.(Utah), ?L. Dev., Asia(Tadzhik.-E.Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Fasciculate, increase peripheral, parricidal, corallites slender with narrow peripheral septal stereozone, major septa long, straight, united axially in variable groups, axial ends somewhat thickened and may be deflected, tabular floors conical with upturned edges, dissepiments absent