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Glossophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Cyathophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Glossophyllum WEDEKIND, 1924, p. 76
Type Species:
G. Dohmi, SD Lang, Smith, & Thomas, 1940, p. 63, †2322, Wedekind Coll., SM, Frankfurt, lectotype by Birenheide, 1969a, p. 40, fn., ?=Cyathophyllum ceratites Goldfuss, 1826, p. 57, +196 a1 in Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, lectotype by BIRENHEIDE, 1969a, p. 39
Images
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Fig. 195,2a. *G. dohmi, lectotype, transv. sec., X1.5 (Wedekind, 1924). --Fig. 195,2b-d. ?G. ceratites (Goldfuss), lectotype, M.Dev., Eifel, b, c, transv., d, long. secs., X2.0 (Birenheide, 1969a). --Fig. 195,2e,f. G. soetenicum (SCHLÜTER), syntype 173e, M.Dev., Eifel, Soetenich; e,f, calical view, transv. sec., X1.0 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy R. Birenheide, GMBOI73e).
Synonyms
Ceratinella, Campophyllum soetenicum, Cyathophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.-Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, septa long, noncarinate, withdrawn from axis, cardinal septum short, in fossula, minor septa long, dissepiments small, subglobose, tabulae incomplete, an axial series of grouped, broad, subhorizontal tabellae and a periaxial series of smaller plates declined adaxially, septa somewhat thickened in tabularium in early stages. [Septal characters from lectotype; others based on C. ceratites GOLDFUSS, 1826; see BIRENHEIDE, 1969a, p. 40.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Cyathophyllina
Family:
Cyathophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Glossophyllum WEDEKIND, 1924, p. 76
Type Species:
G. Dohmi, SD Lang, Smith, & Thomas, 1940, p. 63, †2322, Wedekind Coll., SM, Frankfurt, lectotype by Birenheide, 1969a, p. 40, fn., ?=Cyathophyllum ceratites Goldfuss, 1826, p. 57, +196 a1 in Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, lectotype by BIRENHEIDE, 1969a, p. 39
Images
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Fig. 195,2a. *G. dohmi, lectotype, transv. sec., X1.5 (Wedekind, 1924). --Fig. 195,2b-d. ?G. ceratites (Goldfuss), lectotype, M.Dev., Eifel, b, c, transv., d, long. secs., X2.0 (Birenheide, 1969a). --Fig. 195,2e,f. G. soetenicum (SCHLÜTER), syntype 173e, M.Dev., Eifel, Soetenich; e,f, calical view, transv. sec., X1.0 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy R. Birenheide, GMBOI73e).
Synonyms
Ceratinella, Campophyllum soetenicum, Cyathophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.-Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, septa long, noncarinate, withdrawn from axis, cardinal septum short, in fossula, minor septa long, dissepiments small, subglobose, tabulae incomplete, an axial series of grouped, broad, subhorizontal tabellae and a periaxial series of smaller plates declined adaxially, septa somewhat thickened in tabularium in early stages. [Septal characters from lectotype; others based on C. ceratites GOLDFUSS, 1826; see BIRENHEIDE, 1969a, p. 40.]