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Coenites
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Alveolitina
Family:
Coenitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Coenites EICHWALD, 1829, p. 179
Type Species:
C. juniperinus, SD Miller, 1897, p. 727, tneotype CO 1777, coll. 92, EGM, Tallinn, by KLAAMANN, 1964, p. 92
Images
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Fig. 409,1a,b. *C. juniperinus, neotype, up.M.Sil.(Pangamäe beds, Jaargarahu stage), Est., Saaremaa, a, ext. view, X6.0, b, long. view, X10.0 (Klaamann, 1964). --Fig. 409,1c,d. C. sp., Wenlock Ls., U.K., Dudley, c.d, long., transv. secs., X10.0 (Hill, n; UQF41939).
Synonyms
Platyaxtm, ?Coenitoporites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(U.K.-Est.), M.Sil.-U.Sil., N.Am.(Wis.-Tenn.-Ind.-Ky.), L.Dev.-M. Dev., Asia(Kolyma R.)
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
Corallum of very slender branches, corallites in axial parts of branch prismatic and longitudinally directed, diverging to open at surface at acute angle, walls in axial parts relatively thin, with median suture, as corallites grow, walls quickly and evenly thicken, calices waved transverse slits constricted by thickening of walls, waviness being due to two lateral folds (septal ridges) on lower lip and one, median, on upper lip, mural pores sparse, small, round, tabulae thin, complete, horizontal or inclined
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Alveolitina
Family:
Coenitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Coenites EICHWALD, 1829, p. 179
Type Species:
C. juniperinus, SD Miller, 1897, p. 727, tneotype CO 1777, coll. 92, EGM, Tallinn, by KLAAMANN, 1964, p. 92
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 409,1a,b. *C. juniperinus, neotype, up.M.Sil.(Pangamäe beds, Jaargarahu stage), Est., Saaremaa, a, ext. view, X6.0, b, long. view, X10.0 (Klaamann, 1964). --Fig. 409,1c,d. C. sp., Wenlock Ls., U.K., Dudley, c.d, long., transv. secs., X10.0 (Hill, n; UQF41939).
Synonyms
Platyaxtm, ?Coenitoporites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(U.K.-Est.), M.Sil.-U.Sil., N.Am.(Wis.-Tenn.-Ind.-Ky.), L.Dev.-M. Dev., Asia(Kolyma R.)
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
Corallum of very slender branches, corallites in axial parts of branch prismatic and longitudinally directed, diverging to open at surface at acute angle, walls in axial parts relatively thin, with median suture, as corallites grow, walls quickly and evenly thicken, calices waved transverse slits constricted by thickening of walls, waviness being due to two lateral folds (septal ridges) on lower lip and one, median, on upper lip, mural pores sparse, small, round, tabulae thin, complete, horizontal or inclined