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Dendropora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Tabulata - Order, superfamily and family uncertain
Suborder:
Tabulata - Unrecognizable genera
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dendropora MICHELIN, 1846, p. 187
Type Species:
D. explicita, M, tnot traced, Ferques, Marquise, France, horizon UNCERTAIN, assumed by de Fromentel (1861, p. 265) to be Dev.
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
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Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
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Description
Insufficiently known. LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS (1940, p. 49) stated that Dendropora may be a bryozoan; SOKOLOV (1962c, p. 230) interpreted it as Trachyporidae; MICHELIN'S illustration shows very slender branches with smooth surface except for distant, somewhat raised ?calical openings. Dendroporidae DE FROMENTEL, 1861, nom. correct. SOKOLOV, 1950a, p. 167, pro Dendroporiens DE FROMENTEL, 1861, p. 264, is thus insecurely founded.
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Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Tabulata - Order, superfamily and family uncertain
Suborder:
Tabulata - Unrecognizable genera
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dendropora MICHELIN, 1846, p. 187
Type Species:
D. explicita, M, tnot traced, Ferques, Marquise, France, horizon UNCERTAIN, assumed by de Fromentel (1861, p. 265) to be Dev.
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Not provided
Beginning International Stage:
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
Beginning Date:
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Not provided
Ending International Stage:
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
Ending Date:
Description
Insufficiently known. LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS (1940, p. 49) stated that Dendropora may be a bryozoan; SOKOLOV (1962c, p. 230) interpreted it as Trachyporidae; MICHELIN'S illustration shows very slender branches with smooth surface except for distant, somewhat raised ?calical openings. Dendroporidae DE FROMENTEL, 1861, nom. correct. SOKOLOV, 1950a, p. 167, pro Dendroporiens DE FROMENTEL, 1861, p. 264, is thus insecurely founded.