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Commutia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Plerophyllina
Family:
Pentaphyllidae
Subfamily:
Commutiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Commutia FEDOROWSKI, 1973, p. 118
Type Species:
C. szulczewskii, OD, †Tc-6 / 33, PZI, Poznan
Images
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Fig. 218,2a-d. *C. szulczewskii, Wocklumeria or Gattendorfia Stage, Holy Cross Mts., Dalnia, a, b, holotype, transv. secs., X5, c, d, another specimen, transv., long. secs., X5 (Fedorowski, 1973).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Pol.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Famenn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
371.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Famenn.)
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Solitary, small, funnel-shaped, in late stages corallum expands sharply and axial ends of cardinal, alar, and counter-lateral protosepta, and in some a few metasepta, unite to form inner wall that may be impersistent, but counter septum and other metasepta are short, in early slender stages of corallum no aulos is present, and only five protosepta are visible, tabulae concave within aulos, declined abaxially in peripheral regions.
References
Fedorowski, Jerzy, , \& Goryanov [Gorianov], V. B., 1973, Redescription of tetracorals described by E. Eichwald in "Palaeontology of Russia": Acta Palaeontol. Polonica, v. 18, no. 1, p. 3-70, text-fig. 1-20, pl. 1-13.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Plerophyllina
Family:
Pentaphyllidae
Subfamily:
Commutiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Commutia FEDOROWSKI, 1973, p. 118
Type Species:
C. szulczewskii, OD, †Tc-6 / 33, PZI, Poznan
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 218,2a-d. *C. szulczewskii, Wocklumeria or Gattendorfia Stage, Holy Cross Mts., Dalnia, a, b, holotype, transv. secs., X5, c, d, another specimen, transv., long. secs., X5 (Fedorowski, 1973).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Pol.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Famenn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
371.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Famenn.)
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Solitary, small, funnel-shaped, in late stages corallum expands sharply and axial ends of cardinal, alar, and counter-lateral protosepta, and in some a few metasepta, unite to form inner wall that may be impersistent, but counter septum and other metasepta are short, in early slender stages of corallum no aulos is present, and only five protosepta are visible, tabulae concave within aulos, declined abaxially in peripheral regions.
References
Fedorowski, Jerzy, , \& Goryanov [Gorianov], V. B., 1973, Redescription of tetracorals described by E. Eichwald in "Palaeontology of Russia": Acta Palaeontol. Polonica, v. 18, no. 1, p. 3-70, text-fig. 1-20, pl. 1-13.