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Heterophyllia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Heterocorallia?
    Family:  
Heterophylliidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Heterophyllia MCCOY, 1849, p. 126
    Type Species:  
H. grandis; SD MILNE-EDWARDs & HAIme, 1850, p. Ixxii; tE1987, SM, Cambridge


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Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Pol.), L.Carb.(up.Visean), Eu. (Brit. I.-Belg.-L. Silesia)-N. Afr. (Moroc.)-Asia (S. Fergana-Japan)-Australia (Queensl.), U. Miss., N.Am. (Alaska)


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

With numerous septa




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