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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


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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].




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