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Heliolites
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Helioliticae
Family:
Heliolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Heliolites DANA, 1846b, p. 541
Type Species:
Astraea porosa Goldfuss, 1826, p. 64, OD, +214d, Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, lectotype by FLÜGEL, 1956a, p. 72
Images
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Fig. 410,2a,b. *H.porosus (GOLDFUSS), M.Dev.(Eifel.), Ger.; a,b, long., transv. secs., X10 (Lindstrom, 1899).
Synonyms
Palaeopora, Geoporites, Heliolithes, ?Lonsdalia, ?Pachycanalicula
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales); U.Ord., Eu.(Est.)-Asia(AItay Mts.-Kazakh.); L.Sil.-M.Dev.(Givet.), cosmop. except M.Dev., E.N.Am
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Corallum of variable form, massive; tabularia cylindrical, rounded or oval with folds or smooth in transverse section; septa absent to well-developed, 12, laminar basally, spinose axially; tabulae horizontal, coenenchyme of prismatic tubules with transverse diaphragms.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Helioliticae
Family:
Heliolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Heliolites DANA, 1846b, p. 541
Type Species:
Astraea porosa Goldfuss, 1826, p. 64, OD, +214d, Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, lectotype by FLÜGEL, 1956a, p. 72
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 410,2a,b. *H.porosus (GOLDFUSS), M.Dev.(Eifel.), Ger.; a,b, long., transv. secs., X10 (Lindstrom, 1899).
Synonyms
Palaeopora, Geoporites, Heliolithes, ?Lonsdalia, ?Pachycanalicula
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales); U.Ord., Eu.(Est.)-Asia(AItay Mts.-Kazakh.); L.Sil.-M.Dev.(Givet.), cosmop. except M.Dev., E.N.Am
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Corallum of variable form, massive; tabularia cylindrical, rounded or oval with folds or smooth in transverse section; septa absent to well-developed, 12, laminar basally, spinose axially; tabulae horizontal, coenenchyme of prismatic tubules with transverse diaphragms.