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Diplochone
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Cystiphyllida
Family:
Cystiphyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diplochone FRECH, 1886, p. 219
Type Species:
D. striata, OD; +no number, HU, E. Berlin; lectotype by CHENG, 1971, p. 189
Images
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Fig. 60,2a,b. *D. striata, lectotype, up. Stringocephalus Beds, Ger., Rhineland, a, b, long., transv. secs., X1 (Cheng, 1971).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Beginning International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
385.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, conical, epitheca with rugosan septal furrows, but in thin sections of syntype coralla no vestiges of septa recognized, dissepimentarium very narrow, of one or two series of elongate, highly inclined plates, tabular floors wide, inversely conical, of large tabellae, skeletal thickening ?absent [see CHENG, 1971, p. 190; BIRENHEIDE, 1974a, p. 461]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Cystiphyllida
Family:
Cystiphyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diplochone FRECH, 1886, p. 219
Type Species:
D. striata, OD; +no number, HU, E. Berlin; lectotype by CHENG, 1971, p. 189
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 60,2a,b. *D. striata, lectotype, up. Stringocephalus Beds, Ger., Rhineland, a, b, long., transv. secs., X1 (Cheng, 1971).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Beginning International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
385.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Givet.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, conical, epitheca with rugosan septal furrows, but in thin sections of syntype coralla no vestiges of septa recognized, dissepimentarium very narrow, of one or two series of elongate, highly inclined plates, tabular floors wide, inversely conical, of large tabellae, skeletal thickening ?absent [see CHENG, 1971, p. 190; BIRENHEIDE, 1974a, p. 461]