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Falsicatenipora

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Tabulata
    Order:  
Heliolitida
    Suborder:  
Halysitina
    Family:  
Halysitidae
    Subfamily:  
Halysitinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Falsicatenipora HAMADA, 1958, p. 98
    Type Species:  
Halysites japonicus SUGIYAMA, 1940, p. 131, OD, †39524, TohU, Sendai


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Fig. 431,2a,b. *F. japonica (Sugiyama), U.Sil.(low.Ludlov.), Japan, Higutizawa in Kawauti, Kitakami Mts., a,b, long., transv. secs., X2.7 (Sugiyama, 1940).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

N.Am.(Arctic Can.), Australia (Tasm.), M.Sil.-U.Sil., Asia(Japan)-Australia(New S.Wales-Queensl.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sandbian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
458.18
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Ord.
    Ending International Stage:  
Hirnantian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
443.07


Description

Corallum halysitoid, may be branching, with two to five corallites without interstitial tubules in a rank, ranks connected to enclose small longitudinal lacunae, a triangular tubule at most of junctions of ranks, septal elements absent or weakly developed, tabulae horizontal




References



Museum or Author Information

Sugiyama, 1940