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Enygmophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Caniniina
    Family:  
Uraliniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Enygmophyllum FOMICHEV, 1931, p. 42
    Type Species:  
E. taidonense; M; +? in coll. 2478, TsGM, Leningrad


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Fig. 230,4ab. *E. taidonense, monotype, Tournais., Kuzbas, a, b, transv., long. secs., X1 (Soshkina, Dobrolyubova,& Kabakovich, 1962).


Synonyms

Aenigmatophyllum


Geographic Distribution

Asia (Kuzbas), ?Eu. (N.Zemlya), Miss., N.Am. (Mont.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
359.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.
    Ending International Stage:  
Serpukhovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
323.4


Description

Solitary, large, major septa withdrawn somewhat from axis leaving subcylindrical space in which axial parts of tabular floors are deeply concave, cardinal septum shorter, periaxial parts of tabular floors variably inclined, minor septa thin, somewhat discontinuous, dissepiments rather elongate, irregular




References



Museum or Author Information

Soshkina, Dobrolyubova, & Kabakovich, 1962