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Clavidictyon
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Clathrodictyidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clavidictyon SUGIYAMA, 1939
Type Species:
C. columnare
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Japan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Colonies columnar, dendroid, or bundled, surface granulose, axial portion composed of reticulate tissue but peripheral part having well-defined lamellae joined by interlamellar pillars. Astrorhizae lacking
References
Sugiyama, T., 1939, Geological and geographical distribution of stromatoporoids in lapan with notes on some interesting forms: Jubilee Pub., Comm. 60th Birthday Prof. H. Yabe, v. 1, p. 328-456, pl. 1-2.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Clathrodictyidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clavidictyon SUGIYAMA, 1939
Type Species:
C. columnare
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Japan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Colonies columnar, dendroid, or bundled, surface granulose, axial portion composed of reticulate tissue but peripheral part having well-defined lamellae joined by interlamellar pillars. Astrorhizae lacking
References
Sugiyama, T., 1939, Geological and geographical distribution of stromatoporoids in lapan with notes on some interesting forms: Jubilee Pub., Comm. 60th Birthday Prof. H. Yabe, v. 1, p. 328-456, pl. 1-2.