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Guizhoustriatopora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Favositina
Superfamily:
Pachyporicae
Family:
Pachyporidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Guizhoustriatopora Chow in Yang, Kim, & CHOW, 1978, p. 192
Type Species:
G. dushanensis, OD, †Gct 382, 383, GB, Guiyang, L. or M.Sil., Shuiyan, Li Shan, Dushan, Guizhou (Kweichow)
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Kweichow)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum of cylindrical branches, corallites polygonal in section, diverging slowly from axis and opening somewhat obliquely, walls thickened, thickening but slightly increasing distally, mural pores large, septal spines sparse, tabulae flat or slightly curved. [Diagnosis tentative, from illustrations.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Favositina
Superfamily:
Pachyporicae
Family:
Pachyporidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Guizhoustriatopora Chow in Yang, Kim, & CHOW, 1978, p. 192
Type Species:
G. dushanensis, OD, †Gct 382, 383, GB, Guiyang, L. or M.Sil., Shuiyan, Li Shan, Dushan, Guizhou (Kweichow)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Kweichow)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum of cylindrical branches, corallites polygonal in section, diverging slowly from axis and opening somewhat obliquely, walls thickened, thickening but slightly increasing distally, mural pores large, septal spines sparse, tabulae flat or slightly curved. [Diagnosis tentative, from illustrations.]