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Cumminsia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stereolasmatina
Family:
Zaphrentoididae
Subfamily:
Cumminsiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cumminsia Moore & JEFFORDS, 1945, p. 164
Type Species:
Hadrophyllum aplatum CUMMINS, 1891, p. 552, OD, 2 figured syntypes, ?Geol. Survey Texas
Images
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Fig. 209,1a,b. *C. aplata (Cummins), Smithwick Sh., Texas, San Saba Co., a, b, calical, side views, X2 (Moore& Jeffords, 1945)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ky.-?Ill.), L.Penn., N. Am.(Texas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Patellate, thick, base commonly nearly flat, epithecate, apex nearly central, distal edges of septa arched above distal edge of epitheca and ?smooth, counter and alar septa long, cardinal septum short in late stages in steep-sided, deep, long fossula on longer side of corallum, metasepta of counter quadrants making angles to alar septa, those of cardinal quadrants pinnate to fossula, minor septa very short, ?no tabulae [see also WEYER, 1975a, p. 19].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stereolasmatina
Family:
Zaphrentoididae
Subfamily:
Cumminsiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cumminsia Moore & JEFFORDS, 1945, p. 164
Type Species:
Hadrophyllum aplatum CUMMINS, 1891, p. 552, OD, 2 figured syntypes, ?Geol. Survey Texas
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 209,1a,b. *C. aplata (Cummins), Smithwick Sh., Texas, San Saba Co., a, b, calical, side views, X2 (Moore& Jeffords, 1945)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ky.-?Ill.), L.Penn., N. Am.(Texas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Miss.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Patellate, thick, base commonly nearly flat, epithecate, apex nearly central, distal edges of septa arched above distal edge of epitheca and ?smooth, counter and alar septa long, cardinal septum short in late stages in steep-sided, deep, long fossula on longer side of corallum, metasepta of counter quadrants making angles to alar septa, those of cardinal quadrants pinnate to fossula, minor septa very short, ?no tabulae [see also WEYER, 1975a, p. 19].