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Clisiophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Aulophyllidae
Subfamily:
Clisiophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clisiophyllum DANA, 1846a, p. 187
Type Species:
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy, 1849, p. 2; SM; +A2353, SM, Cambridge
Images
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Fig. 235,1a-d. *C. keyserlingi McCoy, holotype, Eng., Derbyshire; a-c, transv., d, long. sees., all X1.5 (Hill, 1938-1941).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Brit.I.- France-Belg.-Ger.-Pol.-USSR)-N. Afr. (Alg.)-Asia (Turkey- ?Kazakh.-Kirghiz.-China-Japan)- ?N. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Solitary; with numerous septa, normal minor septa in regular dissepimentarium with small concentric dissepiments; with wide axial structure with thin septal lamellae about half as numerous as major septa, typically continuous with major septa and commonly convolute, abutting on short, thickened, medial plate; fossula open, parallel-sided, bounding septa radial; cardinal septum short in late stages; tabularial parts of septa may be thickened, especially in cardinal quadrants; tabular floors conical, tabellae in periaxial series fewer and less steeply inclined than, but interfingering with, those of axial structure [HILL, 1938-1941, p. 58].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Aulophyllidae
Subfamily:
Clisiophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clisiophyllum DANA, 1846a, p. 187
Type Species:
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy, 1849, p. 2; SM; +A2353, SM, Cambridge
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 235,1a-d. *C. keyserlingi McCoy, holotype, Eng., Derbyshire; a-c, transv., d, long. sees., all X1.5 (Hill, 1938-1941).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Brit.I.- France-Belg.-Ger.-Pol.-USSR)-N. Afr. (Alg.)-Asia (Turkey- ?Kazakh.-Kirghiz.-China-Japan)- ?N. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Solitary; with numerous septa, normal minor septa in regular dissepimentarium with small concentric dissepiments; with wide axial structure with thin septal lamellae about half as numerous as major septa, typically continuous with major septa and commonly convolute, abutting on short, thickened, medial plate; fossula open, parallel-sided, bounding septa radial; cardinal septum short in late stages; tabularial parts of septa may be thickened, especially in cardinal quadrants; tabular floors conical, tabellae in periaxial series fewer and less steeply inclined than, but interfingering with, those of axial structure [HILL, 1938-1941, p. 58].