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Cylindrophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Eridophyllidae
Subfamily:
Cylindrophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cylindrophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 217, non Cylindrophyllum YABE & HAYASAKA, 1915, p. 90, a Devonian rugose coral renamed Fletcherina LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1955, p. 261
Type Species:
C. elongatum, OD, †246, NYSM, Albany
Images
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Fig. 189,2a,b. *C.elongatum; a, holotype, M.Dev., Onondaga Ls., N.Y., Clarksville, transv. sec., X1.9; b, another specimen, reef facies Edgecliff Mbr., N.Y., long. sec., X 1.9 (Oliver, 1976a).
Synonyms
Cylindrohelium
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(N.Y.-Ont.-Ind.-Ohio-Ky.); M.Dev., S.Am. (Venez.)-?Asia(Viet Nam)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Phaceloid; cylindrical corallites connected by slender lateral processes; major and minor septa attenuate, with weak or strong development of zigzag or subyardarm carinae; major septa not extending to axis; minor septa not long; tabulae commonly complete and subhorizontal, or concave with supplementary tabellae peripherally; dissepiments in few series, small, subglobose [see OLIVER, 1976a, p. 68).
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Eridophyllidae
Subfamily:
Cylindrophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cylindrophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 217, non Cylindrophyllum YABE & HAYASAKA, 1915, p. 90, a Devonian rugose coral renamed Fletcherina LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1955, p. 261
Type Species:
C. elongatum, OD, †246, NYSM, Albany
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 189,2a,b. *C.elongatum; a, holotype, M.Dev., Onondaga Ls., N.Y., Clarksville, transv. sec., X1.9; b, another specimen, reef facies Edgecliff Mbr., N.Y., long. sec., X 1.9 (Oliver, 1976a).
Synonyms
Cylindrohelium
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(N.Y.-Ont.-Ind.-Ohio-Ky.); M.Dev., S.Am. (Venez.)-?Asia(Viet Nam)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Phaceloid; cylindrical corallites connected by slender lateral processes; major and minor septa attenuate, with weak or strong development of zigzag or subyardarm carinae; major septa not extending to axis; minor septa not long; tabulae commonly complete and subhorizontal, or concave with supplementary tabellae peripherally; dissepiments in few series, small, subglobose [see OLIVER, 1976a, p. 68).
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.