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Kionophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lonsdaleiina
Family:
Geyerophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kionophyllum CHI, 1931, p. 39
Type Species:
*K. dibunum; OD; +3995, IGP, Nanking
Images
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Fig. 267,3a,b. OK. dibunum, holotype, Laokanchai Ls., Kweichow, Kuanyintung Pass, Lipohsien; a,b, transv., long. sees., X1.0 (Chi, 1931).
Synonyms
Cionophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Asia(S.China)-Eu. (Donbas); Penn., N.Am.(Kans.-Iowa)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.( Weining.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.( Weining.)
Ending International Stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
303.68
Description
Solitary, conical to cylindrical; with solid axial structure consisting of a median plate continuous with cardinal and in places with counter septum also, and a few septal lamellae, some of which may be continuous with the longer major septa; slightly inclined tabulae are supplemented peripherally by some clinotabellae; dissepimentarium more or less lonsdaleoid, minor septa more weakly developed than major [see MINATO & KATO, 1975a, p. 9}.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lonsdaleiina
Family:
Geyerophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kionophyllum CHI, 1931, p. 39
Type Species:
*K. dibunum; OD; +3995, IGP, Nanking
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 267,3a,b. OK. dibunum, holotype, Laokanchai Ls., Kweichow, Kuanyintung Pass, Lipohsien; a,b, transv., long. sees., X1.0 (Chi, 1931).
Synonyms
Cionophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Asia(S.China)-Eu. (Donbas); Penn., N.Am.(Kans.-Iowa)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.( Weining.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.( Weining.)
Ending International Stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
303.68
Description
Solitary, conical to cylindrical; with solid axial structure consisting of a median plate continuous with cardinal and in places with counter septum also, and a few septal lamellae, some of which may be continuous with the longer major septa; slightly inclined tabulae are supplemented peripherally by some clinotabellae; dissepimentarium more or less lonsdaleoid, minor septa more weakly developed than major [see MINATO & KATO, 1975a, p. 9}.