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Donophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lithostrotionina
Family:
Lithostrotionidae
Subfamily:
Yatsengiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Donophyllum FOMICHEV, 1939, p. 59
Type Species:
Diphyphyllum (Donophyllum) diphyphylloideum; SD LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 54; +99, coll. 5030, TsGM
Images
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Fig. 257,2,a,b. *D. diphyphylloidellm, holotype, 1s. Ks., Donetz Basin, Belyansk mine; a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.0 (Fomichev, 1939).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Donbas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Fasciculate, corallites slender, major septa commonly withdrawn from axis, but in some corallites many may run loosely together to axis, without distinct columella, minor septa short, dissepimentarium narrow, of one series of small plates which may be impersistent, or of two or three series of small plates; tabulae may be subhorizontal with downturned edges where major septa are short, or low cones or domes and complete or incomplete where major septa run together at axis.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lithostrotionina
Family:
Lithostrotionidae
Subfamily:
Yatsengiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Donophyllum FOMICHEV, 1939, p. 59
Type Species:
Diphyphyllum (Donophyllum) diphyphylloideum; SD LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 54; +99, coll. 5030, TsGM
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 257,2,a,b. *D. diphyphylloidellm, holotype, 1s. Ks., Donetz Basin, Belyansk mine; a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.0 (Fomichev, 1939).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Donbas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Fasciculate, corallites slender, major septa commonly withdrawn from axis, but in some corallites many may run loosely together to axis, without distinct columella, minor septa short, dissepimentarium narrow, of one series of small plates which may be impersistent, or of two or three series of small plates; tabulae may be subhorizontal with downturned edges where major septa are short, or low cones or domes and complete or incomplete where major septa run together at axis.