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Columnaria
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Columnariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Columnaria GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 72
Type Species:
C. sulcata; SD McCoy, 1849, p. 121; t242, GOLDFUSS Coli., IP, Bonn
Images
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Fig. 168,la,b. *C. sulcata, monotype, V.Givet. or low. Frasn., Ger., Paffrather Mulde near Bensberg, 10 mi. E. of Cologne; a,b, long., transv. secs., X 1.3 (Birenheide, 1969a).
Synonyms
Lithostroma, Columniphyllum, Columnaria
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.)
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:
U.Dev.(Frasn.)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Corallum cerioid, corallites with very narrow peripheral stereozone from which thin major septa project halfway to axis, minor septa very short, tabulae horizontal or sagging axially or slightly arched, dissepiments absent or in one or very rarely two longitudinal series of small, rather tall plates [see also GLINSKI, 1955, p. 86; BIRENHEIDE, 1969a, p. 43].
References
Goldfuss, G. A., 1826, Petrefacta Germaniae, I: p. 1-76, pl. i-xxv, Arnz \& Co. (Düsseldorf).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Columnariidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Columnaria GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 72
Type Species:
C. sulcata; SD McCoy, 1849, p. 121; t242, GOLDFUSS Coli., IP, Bonn
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 168,la,b. *C. sulcata, monotype, V.Givet. or low. Frasn., Ger., Paffrather Mulde near Bensberg, 10 mi. E. of Cologne; a,b, long., transv. secs., X 1.3 (Birenheide, 1969a).
Synonyms
Lithostroma, Columniphyllum, Columnaria
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.)
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:
U.Dev.(Frasn.)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Corallum cerioid, corallites with very narrow peripheral stereozone from which thin major septa project halfway to axis, minor septa very short, tabulae horizontal or sagging axially or slightly arched, dissepiments absent or in one or very rarely two longitudinal series of small, rather tall plates [see also GLINSKI, 1955, p. 86; BIRENHEIDE, 1969a, p. 43].
References
Goldfuss, G. A., 1826, Petrefacta Germaniae, I: p. 1-76, pl. i-xxv, Arnz \& Co. (Düsseldorf).