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Endophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ketophyllina
Family:
Endophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Endophyllum Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1851, p. 393
Type Species:
E. bowerbanki; SD SCHLUTER, 1889, p. 309 (51); tneotype, R1448, BM(NH), London; by JONES, 1929, p. 87
Images
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Fig. 141,3a,b. ·E. bowerbanki, neotype, Frasn., U.K., Rocky Valley, Torquay; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2 (Jones, 1929).
Synonyms
Nicholsonia, Stringocepllalus, Endophyllum bowerbanki
Geographic Distribution
Australia (Tasm.); M. Dev., Eu. (U. K.-Ger.)-Asia(?Urals - Kazakh. - Kansu - Szechwan - Kwei- chow-Yunnan)-Australia(New S.Wales-Queensl.); U. Dev. (Fram.), Eu. (U. K.-Ger.)-Asia (Kuzbas).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Subcerioid, cerioid or thamnasterioid; corallites large with marginarium consisting mostly of septal stereozone disrupted by large lonsdaleoid dissepiments but in inner parts of normal dissepimentarium; septa long, in wide tabularium commonly thin and somewhat convolute; in peripheral stereozone septal trabeculae fine and multiseriate; tabulae flat-topped domes with upturned edges, cardinal fossula not distinct [see JELL & HILL, 1970a, p. 6].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ketophyllina
Family:
Endophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Endophyllum Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1851, p. 393
Type Species:
E. bowerbanki; SD SCHLUTER, 1889, p. 309 (51); tneotype, R1448, BM(NH), London; by JONES, 1929, p. 87
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 141,3a,b. ·E. bowerbanki, neotype, Frasn., U.K., Rocky Valley, Torquay; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2 (Jones, 1929).
Synonyms
Nicholsonia, Stringocepllalus, Endophyllum bowerbanki
Geographic Distribution
Australia (Tasm.); M. Dev., Eu. (U. K.-Ger.)-Asia(?Urals - Kazakh. - Kansu - Szechwan - Kwei- chow-Yunnan)-Australia(New S.Wales-Queensl.); U. Dev. (Fram.), Eu. (U. K.-Ger.)-Asia (Kuzbas).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Subcerioid, cerioid or thamnasterioid; corallites large with marginarium consisting mostly of septal stereozone disrupted by large lonsdaleoid dissepiments but in inner parts of normal dissepimentarium; septa long, in wide tabularium commonly thin and somewhat convolute; in peripheral stereozone septal trabeculae fine and multiseriate; tabulae flat-topped domes with upturned edges, cardinal fossula not distinct [see JELL & HILL, 1970a, p. 6].