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Endothecium

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Plerophyllina
    Family:  
Endotheciidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Endothecium KOKER, 1924, p. 23
    Type Species:  
E. apertum, SD Lang, Smith, & Thomas, 1940, p. 57, + 11770$, TH, Delft


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Fossil Image
Fig. 215,4a-e. E. decipiens Koker, Basleo, a,b, transv. secs., X9, c, transv. sec., X7, d, long. sec., X6, e, another specimen, transv. sec., X4 (Schindewolf, 1942)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Asia(Timor)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
259.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Solitary, small, in late stages alar septa outstanding, cardinal and counter septa short, major septa thickened, their inner edges thickened and withdrawn from axis, rhopaloid and forming an aulos, minor septa short, tabulae declined from inner wall to periphery, no dissepiments, in early stages septa pinnately arranged. [see SCHINDEWOLF, 1942, p. 168].




References

Koker, E. M. J., 1924, Anthozoa uit het Perm van het eiland Timor, 1: Zaphrentidae, Plerophyllidae, Cystiphyllidae, Amphiastreidae: Mijnwez. Ned.-Oost-Indiƫ, Jaarb., v. 51, for 1922, p. 1-50, text-fig. 1-26, pl. 1-11.


Museum or Author Information

Schindewolf, 1942