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Dohmophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dohmophyllum WEDEKIND, 1923, p. 28
Type Species:
D. involutum, M, †2078, 8903, SM, Frankfurt
Images
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Fig. 146,4a. *D. involutum, holotype, Eifel., Ger., Auburg, near
Gerolstein; transv. sec., X1.3 (Wedekind, 1924). --Fig. 146,4b,c. D. helianthoides (GOLDFUSS), Eifel., Junkerberg Beds, Ger., SE. Niesenberg, Prum, Eifel; b,c, transv., long. sees., XO.7 (Birenheide, 1963a).
Synonyms
Trematophyllum, Sparganophyllum, Pseudoptenophyllum
Geographic Distribution
L.Dev.(Ems.), Eu.(Urals)-Asia(Tadzhik.- Kuzbas)-Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales-Vict.)- M.Dell., Eu. (Ger.-France-Belg.-U.K.-Czech.-Aus.- Italy-Urals)-Asia (Turkey-Armenia-Tadzhik. Kuzbas-NE.USSR)-Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales)- N.Am.(Yukon-NW.Terr)
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:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary or weakly phaceloid, corallites large, with strongly widened septal bases, septa numerous, long, thin to strongly thickened, septal trabeculae relatively far apart, lateral septal tubercles irregular, not organized into carinae; axial ends may be somewhat convolute, thickened or crowded; Km elongate in some; dissepimentarium very wide, dissepiments small, numerous; tabularium narrow, tabellae close together, forming irregular floors, without median trough or notch [BIRENHEIDE, 1963b, p. 406; 1972, p. 422; PEDDER, 1971d, p. 39].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dohmophyllum WEDEKIND, 1923, p. 28
Type Species:
D. involutum, M, †2078, 8903, SM, Frankfurt
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 146,4a. *D. involutum, holotype, Eifel., Ger., Auburg, near
Gerolstein; transv. sec., X1.3 (Wedekind, 1924). --Fig. 146,4b,c. D. helianthoides (GOLDFUSS), Eifel., Junkerberg Beds, Ger., SE. Niesenberg, Prum, Eifel; b,c, transv., long. sees., XO.7 (Birenheide, 1963a).
Synonyms
Trematophyllum, Sparganophyllum, Pseudoptenophyllum
Geographic Distribution
L.Dev.(Ems.), Eu.(Urals)-Asia(Tadzhik.- Kuzbas)-Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales-Vict.)- M.Dell., Eu. (Ger.-France-Belg.-U.K.-Czech.-Aus.- Italy-Urals)-Asia (Turkey-Armenia-Tadzhik. Kuzbas-NE.USSR)-Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales)- N.Am.(Yukon-NW.Terr)
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:
L.Dev.(Ems.)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary or weakly phaceloid, corallites large, with strongly widened septal bases, septa numerous, long, thin to strongly thickened, septal trabeculae relatively far apart, lateral septal tubercles irregular, not organized into carinae; axial ends may be somewhat convolute, thickened or crowded; Km elongate in some; dissepimentarium very wide, dissepiments small, numerous; tabularium narrow, tabellae close together, forming irregular floors, without median trough or notch [BIRENHEIDE, 1963b, p. 406; 1972, p. 422; PEDDER, 1971d, p. 39].