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Grypophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Grypophyllum WEDEKIND, 1922a, p. 13
Type Species:
G. denckmanni, OD, †3949, Wedekind Coll., SM, Frankfurt
Images
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Fig. 146,2a,b. *G. denckmallni, ho!otype, Givet., Ger., Hand; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2.0, X1.3 (a, Pedder, 1973; b, Wedekind, 1922a). --Fig. 146,2c,d. G. normale WEDEKIND, holotype, Givet., Ger., Hand; c,d, transv., long. sees., X 1.3 (Wedekind, 1925).
Synonyms
Hooeiphyllum, Grypophyllum normale, ?Neogrypophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Ger.-U.K.-Belg.-France-Czech.-Aus.-Urals-N. Zemlya)-Asia (Kuzbas-NE. USSR-Pak.-Kwangsi) -N.Am.(S.Mackenzie); base U.Dev., N. Am. (S.Mackenzie-Alberta)
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, commonly subcylindrical, septa numerous, finely and closely trabeculate, noncarinate, commonly thin, major septa reach axis, may interdigitate or coil slightly in tabularium, dissepimentarium wide and tabularium narrow, minor septa commonly well-developed but very thin to failing in type species; Km more or less significantly lengthened; lonsdaleoid dissepiments commonly sparse; tabular floors close together, flat, with median (or axial) depression [BIRENHElDE, 1972, p. 407; PEDDER, 1973, p. 99].
References
Wedekind, Rudolf, 1922a, Zur Kenntnis der Stringophyllen des oberen Mitteldevon: Ges. Beförd Gesamten Naturwiss. Marburg, Sitzungsber. REFERENCES, , pt. 1, p. 1-16, text-fig. 1-18.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Grypophyllum WEDEKIND, 1922a, p. 13
Type Species:
G. denckmanni, OD, †3949, Wedekind Coll., SM, Frankfurt
Images
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Fig. 146,2a,b. *G. denckmallni, ho!otype, Givet., Ger., Hand; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2.0, X1.3 (a, Pedder, 1973; b, Wedekind, 1922a). --Fig. 146,2c,d. G. normale WEDEKIND, holotype, Givet., Ger., Hand; c,d, transv., long. sees., X 1.3 (Wedekind, 1925).
Synonyms
Hooeiphyllum, Grypophyllum normale, ?Neogrypophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Ger.-U.K.-Belg.-France-Czech.-Aus.-Urals-N. Zemlya)-Asia (Kuzbas-NE. USSR-Pak.-Kwangsi) -N.Am.(S.Mackenzie); base U.Dev., N. Am. (S.Mackenzie-Alberta)
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, commonly subcylindrical, septa numerous, finely and closely trabeculate, noncarinate, commonly thin, major septa reach axis, may interdigitate or coil slightly in tabularium, dissepimentarium wide and tabularium narrow, minor septa commonly well-developed but very thin to failing in type species; Km more or less significantly lengthened; lonsdaleoid dissepiments commonly sparse; tabular floors close together, flat, with median (or axial) depression [BIRENHElDE, 1972, p. 407; PEDDER, 1973, p. 99].
References
Wedekind, Rudolf, 1922a, Zur Kenntnis der Stringophyllen des oberen Mitteldevon: Ges. Beförd Gesamten Naturwiss. Marburg, Sitzungsber. REFERENCES, , pt. 1, p. 1-16, text-fig. 1-18.