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Dorlodotia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Lithostrotionina
    Family:  
Lithostrotionidae
    Subfamily:  
Thysanophyllinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Dorlodotia SALÉE, 1920, p. 145
    Type Species:  
*D. briarti, M, +1/78-Fleron, IG, Louvain, lectotype by POTY, 1975a, p. 93


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Fig. 255, 3a,b. *D. briarti, lectotype, Visean, Belg., Sambre à Landélies, a, b, transv., long. secs., X2.0 (Salée, 1920).


Synonyms

Pseudodorlodotia


Geographic Distribution

Eu. (Belg.-France)-Asia (Anatolia-?Kirgiz.-?China), U.Miss., ?N.Am.(Idaho-Ariz.-Alberta)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.(Visean)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
346.73
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.(Visean)
    Ending International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
330.34


Description

Fasciculate, with marginarial increase, axial structure more or less thickened, a medial plate that may be longitudinally discontinuous and may be attached to counter or, less commonly, to cardinal septum, other major septa somewhat withdrawn from axis and may be thickened in tabularium, minor septa weakly developed, commonly discontinuous longitudinally, dissepimentarium mostly lonsdaleoid, innermost series of dissepiments thickened, tabulae conical, commonly complete. [see also SANDO, 1965b, p. E11; POTY, 1975a, p. 93]




References



Museum or Author Information

Salée, 1920