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Cyathophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Cyathophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cyathophyllum GoLDFUSs, 1826, p. 51
Type Species:
C.dianthus; SD DANA, 1846a, p. 183; tneotype 12239, SM, Frankfurt; by BIRENHEIDE, 1963a, p. 377]
Images
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Fig. 193,la,b. -C. dianthus, neotype, Givet., Loogh Beds, Ger., Hillesheim Basin; a,b, transv., long. sees.. X 1.5 (Birenheide, 1963a).
Synonyms
Orthocyathus
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Nev.); M.Dev., Eu.(Ger.-Czech.)-?Asia (Salair-Dzhung.-S.China)-?Australia (Queens!.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, fasciculate or massive, mature corallites large; septa numerous, long, thin and variously withdrawn from axis, smooth or carinate, more or less fringed, carinae short and commonly alternate; fossula inconspicuous, cardinal septum commonly shorter than other major septa; tabularial floors flat or sagging; dissepimentarium wide, dis sepiments numerous, globose and of moderate size [BIRENHEIDE, 1963a, p. 369; JELL & HILL, 1969, p. 4].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Cyathophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cyathophyllum GoLDFUSs, 1826, p. 51
Type Species:
C.dianthus; SD DANA, 1846a, p. 183; tneotype 12239, SM, Frankfurt; by BIRENHEIDE, 1963a, p. 377]
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 193,la,b. -C. dianthus, neotype, Givet., Loogh Beds, Ger., Hillesheim Basin; a,b, transv., long. sees.. X 1.5 (Birenheide, 1963a).
Synonyms
Orthocyathus
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Nev.); M.Dev., Eu.(Ger.-Czech.)-?Asia (Salair-Dzhung.-S.China)-?Australia (Queens!.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, fasciculate or massive, mature corallites large; septa numerous, long, thin and variously withdrawn from axis, smooth or carinate, more or less fringed, carinae short and commonly alternate; fossula inconspicuous, cardinal septum commonly shorter than other major septa; tabularial floors flat or sagging; dissepimentarium wide, dis sepiments numerous, globose and of moderate size [BIRENHEIDE, 1963a, p. 369; JELL & HILL, 1969, p. 4].