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Iowaphyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ketophyllina
Family:
Endophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Iowaphyllum STUMM, 1949, p. 50
Type Species:
Smithia Johanni Hall & WHITFIELD, 1873, p. 234, OD, †316, NYSM, Albany
Images
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Fig. 143,1a-d. *I. johanni (Hall & Whitfield), holotype, U.Dev.(Frasn.), Lime Cr. shale, Hackberry Gr., Iowa, Rockford, a, long. sec., X1.3, b, enl. view of central portion of a, X6.7, c, transv. sec., X1.3, d, enl. view of upper left portion of c, X6.7 (Oliver & Galle, 1971b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Czech.), L.Dev.(Ems.), Australia(New S.Wales), L.Dev.(up.Ems.) or M. Dev.(low.Eifel.), Asia(Salair), M.Dev.(Givet.), N. Am.(Ky.-Mich.), U.Dev.(Frasn.), N.Am.(Iowa)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Prag.)
Beginning International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
412.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Zlichov.)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
402.41
Description
Corallum aphroid, corallites with septa attenuate and mostly reaching axis in narrow tabularium, strongly dilated at boundary of tabularium and continuing across dissepimentarium as dilated septal ridges of ?endophylloid microstructure on top surfaces of dissepiments, which except at margin with tabularium are more or less horizontally based, tabulae complete or incomplete, domed, with upturned edges in places. [Possibly arachnophyllid. See also OLIVER & GALLE, 1971a, p. 212; 1971b, p. 81.]
References
Eaton, Amos, , \& Stumm, E. C., 1949, Corals of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan, Part II: Cylindrophyllum, Depasophyllum, Disphyllum, Eridophyllum, and Synaptophyllum: Univ. Michigan Mus. Paleontol., Contrib., v. 8, no. 3, p. 21-41, pl. 1-8.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ketophyllina
Family:
Endophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Iowaphyllum STUMM, 1949, p. 50
Type Species:
Smithia Johanni Hall & WHITFIELD, 1873, p. 234, OD, †316, NYSM, Albany
Images
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Fig. 143,1a-d. *I. johanni (Hall & Whitfield), holotype, U.Dev.(Frasn.), Lime Cr. shale, Hackberry Gr., Iowa, Rockford, a, long. sec., X1.3, b, enl. view of central portion of a, X6.7, c, transv. sec., X1.3, d, enl. view of upper left portion of c, X6.7 (Oliver & Galle, 1971b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Czech.), L.Dev.(Ems.), Australia(New S.Wales), L.Dev.(up.Ems.) or M. Dev.(low.Eifel.), Asia(Salair), M.Dev.(Givet.), N. Am.(Ky.-Mich.), U.Dev.(Frasn.), N.Am.(Iowa)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Prag.)
Beginning International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
412.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Zlichov.)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
402.41
Description
Corallum aphroid, corallites with septa attenuate and mostly reaching axis in narrow tabularium, strongly dilated at boundary of tabularium and continuing across dissepimentarium as dilated septal ridges of ?endophylloid microstructure on top surfaces of dissepiments, which except at margin with tabularium are more or less horizontally based, tabulae complete or incomplete, domed, with upturned edges in places. [Possibly arachnophyllid. See also OLIVER & GALLE, 1971a, p. 212; 1971b, p. 81.]
References
Eaton, Amos, , \& Stumm, E. C., 1949, Corals of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan, Part II: Cylindrophyllum, Depasophyllum, Disphyllum, Eridophyllum, and Synaptophyllum: Univ. Michigan Mus. Paleontol., Contrib., v. 8, no. 3, p. 21-41, pl. 1-8.