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Holmophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Cystiphyllida
    Family:  
Holmophyllidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Holmophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 30
    Type Species:  
H. Holmi, OD, †Cn 54865, RM, Stockholm


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Fossil Image
Fig. 46,1a,b. *H. holmi, holotype, Ludlov., Gotl., Lau backar, a, b, transv., long. secs., X5 (Hill,mathbf{n}, photographs courtesy RM, Stockholm). --Fig. 46,1c-e. ?H. septatum Bulvanker, mid. Skalian, Gukov, Podolia, c,e, transv., d, long. secs., X4 (all Bulvanker, 1952b). --Fig. 46,1f,g. ?H. uralicum (Zhavoronkova), holotype, Eifel., W. slopes S. Urals, R. Maly Ik, f, g, transv., long. secs., X2 (Strelnikov& Zhavoronkova, 1972).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

L.Sil., Australia(New S.Wales), M.Sil., Asia(Tadzhik.Yunnan), U.Sil., Eu.(Gotl.-Podolia-Vaygach)-Australia (New S. Wales-Queensl.)-Asia (E. Urals-Kazakh.-Tadzhik.-Kuzbas-Sib.Platf.), basal Dev., Asia (Tadzhik.)-Eu. (Vaygach), M. Dev. (Eifel.), Eu.(USSR)


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:  
L. Sil.
    Ending International Stage:  
Homerian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
426.74


Description

Corallum solitary or with few offsets, major and minor septa long, subequal, of discrete rhabdacanths or tufted monacanths, tabular floors horizontal or sagging, tabulae complete or incomplete, dissepimentarium moderately wide and distinct from tabularium, of numerous dissepiments [see also McLEAN, 1975a, p. 183].




References



Museum or Author Information

all Bulvanker, 1952, Strelnikov & Zhavoronkova, 1972