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Dendrostroma
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Stromatoporellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dendrostroma LECOMPTE, 1952
Type Species:
Idiostroma oculatum NICHOLSON, 1886
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Fig. 105,4. D. oculatum (NICH.), Dev., Ger.; long. sec., X3 (49n).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Dendroid colonies with coenosteum like that of Stromatoporella, with thick, well-differentiated pillars and lamellae, the pillars being limited to an interlamellar space. Large axial astrorhizal canal and its lateral branches intersected by partitions (17).
References
Lecompte, M., 1952, Revision des stromatoporoïdes mesozoiques des collections Dehorne et Steiner: Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Bull. 28, no. 53, 39 p., 2 pl.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Stromatoporellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dendrostroma LECOMPTE, 1952
Type Species:
Idiostroma oculatum NICHOLSON, 1886
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 105,4. D. oculatum (NICH.), Dev., Ger.; long. sec., X3 (49n).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Dendroid colonies with coenosteum like that of Stromatoporella, with thick, well-differentiated pillars and lamellae, the pillars being limited to an interlamellar space. Large axial astrorhizal canal and its lateral branches intersected by partitions (17).
References
Lecompte, M., 1952, Revision des stromatoporoïdes mesozoiques des collections Dehorne et Steiner: Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., Bull. 28, no. 53, 39 p., 2 pl.