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Gorizdronia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Metriophyllina
    Family:  
Laccophyllidae
    Subfamily:  
Taralasmatinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Gorizdronia ROZKOWSKA, 1969, p. 89
    Type Species:  
Nalivkinella profunda Soshkina, 1951, p. 33, non Soshkina, 1939, p. 44, renamed Gorizdronia soshkinae ROZKOWSKA, 1974, p. 531


Images

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Fossil Image
Fig. 120,1a-e. *G. soshkinae Rozkowska, Pol., Kadzielnia, Holy Cross Mts.; a, oblique sec., early stage, X 1.5; b, another specimen, long. sec., X2.0; c, another specimen, transv. sec., X 1.5 (Rozkowska, 1969); d,e, holotype, railway cutting, Rezh-Orsy, C. Urals, transv., long. sees., X4.0 (Soshkina, 1951).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Pol.-Urals)-Asia(E.slopes Urals)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.(Famenn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
371.1
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.(Famenn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Solitary, moderately large, with rejuvenescence, in early stages with short-lasting axial tube ? (formed by tabellae), major septa amplexoid, without carinae or flanges, but in some with lateral tabellae, minor septa reduced to wall; tabulae mostly complete low domes with downturned edges and some with axial depression, with accessory, conical tabellae near periphery.




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