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Haplothecia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Disphyllidae
Subfamily:
Hexagonariinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Haplothecia FRECH, 1885, p. 68
Type Species:
Madreporites filatus von Schlotheim, 1820, p. 359, OD, +Q kat.A138, p.1530, HU, E. Berlin, lectotype by FRECH, 1885, pl. 4
Images
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Fig. 176,3a,b. *H. filata (von Schlotheim), lectotype, Iberg Ls., Ger., Winterberg near Grund, Harz Mts.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2.7 (Hill & Jell, 1970b).
Synonyms
Marisastrum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.-U.K.-Urals)-?W.Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Frasn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Frasn.)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Cerioid, corallites with moderately thick common walls, septa moderately thick, trabeculae close and extended laterally in dissepimentarium as yardarm carinae, and curving half-fanwise in median radial longitudinal plane of septa, major septa long, reaching or almost reaching axis, dissepimentarium wide, dissepiments very small, globose, numerous and more or less horizontally disposed, but steeply declined adaxially near narrow tabularium, tabular floors closely spaced, commonly subhorizontal or convex [HILL & JELL, 1970b, p. 34].
References
Frech, Fritz, 1885, Die Korallenfauna des Ober- devons in Deutschland: Dtsch. Geol. Ges., Z., v. 37, p. 21-130, pl. 1-11.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Disphyllidae
Subfamily:
Hexagonariinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Haplothecia FRECH, 1885, p. 68
Type Species:
Madreporites filatus von Schlotheim, 1820, p. 359, OD, +Q kat.A138, p.1530, HU, E. Berlin, lectotype by FRECH, 1885, pl. 4
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 176,3a,b. *H. filata (von Schlotheim), lectotype, Iberg Ls., Ger., Winterberg near Grund, Harz Mts.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2.7 (Hill & Jell, 1970b).
Synonyms
Marisastrum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Ger.-U.K.-Urals)-?W.Australia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Frasn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.(Frasn.)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Cerioid, corallites with moderately thick common walls, septa moderately thick, trabeculae close and extended laterally in dissepimentarium as yardarm carinae, and curving half-fanwise in median radial longitudinal plane of septa, major septa long, reaching or almost reaching axis, dissepimentarium wide, dissepiments very small, globose, numerous and more or less horizontally disposed, but steeply declined adaxially near narrow tabularium, tabular floors closely spaced, commonly subhorizontal or convex [HILL & JELL, 1970b, p. 34].
References
Frech, Fritz, 1885, Die Korallenfauna des Ober- devons in Deutschland: Dtsch. Geol. Ges., Z., v. 37, p. 21-130, pl. 1-11.