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Dushanophrentis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Columnariina
    Family:  
Disphyllidae
    Subfamily:  
Disphyllinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Dushanophrentis Yü, Liao, & DENG, 1974, p. 224
    Type Species:  
D. cystotabulata, OD, †18755-18758, IGP, Nanking


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Fossil Image
Fig. 169,4a,b. *D. cystotabulata, holotype, Houyishan F., Kweichow, Dushan; a,b, transv., long. sees., X3 (Yii, Liao, & Deng, 1974).


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Geographic Distribution

Asia (Kweichow)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Dev.(Eifel.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
394.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Dev.(Eifel.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
385.3


Description

Solitary, small, curved trochoid, septa thickened, their axial ends somewhat withdrawn subequally from axis and may join in quadrants, cardinal fossula distinct, cardinal septum may be short, tabularium wide, axial series forming nearhorizontal floors, tabulae complete or incomplete periaxial tabellae small, subglobose; dissepimentarium narrow, of few series of small, subglobose plates, inner series steeply declined adaxially.




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