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Homalophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Streptelasmatidae
Subfamily:
Homalophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Homalophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 221
Type Species:
Zaphrentis ungula Rominger, 1876, p. 151, OD, †8619, UMMP, Ann Arbor, see STUMM, 1965, p. 23
Images
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Fig. 93,1a,b. *H. ungula (Rominger), holotype, L.Dev., Jeffersonville Ls., coral zone, Ind., Falls of the Ohio, a,b, calical side views, X1 (Stumm, 1965).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ind.-Ky.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, at least in early stages calceoloid, with flattened side cardinal, or somewhat compressed in alar septal plane, septa numerous, long, thickened to contiguity in wide marginarium and in axial region, but in calice may leave narrow trenchlike space in alar septal plane, counter septum taller or thicker, cardinal septum less tall, than others, cardinal septum in deep fossula extending to axis into axial zone of septal thickening that forms nonspongy axial structure, no dissepiments, minor septa not contratingent
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Streptelasmatidae
Subfamily:
Homalophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Homalophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 221
Type Species:
Zaphrentis ungula Rominger, 1876, p. 151, OD, †8619, UMMP, Ann Arbor, see STUMM, 1965, p. 23
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 93,1a,b. *H. ungula (Rominger), holotype, L.Dev., Jeffersonville Ls., coral zone, Ind., Falls of the Ohio, a,b, calical side views, X1 (Stumm, 1965).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ind.-Ky.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, at least in early stages calceoloid, with flattened side cardinal, or somewhat compressed in alar septal plane, septa numerous, long, thickened to contiguity in wide marginarium and in axial region, but in calice may leave narrow trenchlike space in alar septal plane, counter septum taller or thicker, cardinal septum less tall, than others, cardinal septum in deep fossula extending to axis into axial zone of septal thickening that forms nonspongy axial structure, no dissepiments, minor septa not contratingent
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.