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Kodonophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Kodonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kodonophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 34
Type Species:
Streptelasma Milne-Edwardsi DYBOWSKI, 1873c, p. 409; OD; +not traced; =Madrepora truncata LINNE, 1758, p. 795, see SMITH & TREMBERTH, 1929, p. 368, +not traced]
Images
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Fig. 99,2a,b. *K. truncatum (LINNE); up.Wenlock-low.Ludlov., Klinteberg Ls., Gotl., Klinteberg; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2
(Hill, n; UQF34169).
Synonyms
Patrophontes
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Est.); L.Sil., Asia(SW.China); M.Sil. U.Sil. (Ludlov.), Eu. (U.K. Nor.-Swed.-Est.- ?Urals)-Asia (Kazakh.)-N.Am.(Quebec Ky.); ?L.Dev., Asia (Zeravshan Ra.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Sandbian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
458.18
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Solitary or weakly fasciculate, with peripheral increase; marginarium a wide septal stereozone without dissepiments; fossula in- distinct; major septa extending almost to axis, but relatively thin in tabularium where axial edges may be lobed or waved and turned aside; septal trabeculae uniserial monacanths, wider in tangential than in radial direction; tabulae incomplete, floors arched [see OLIVER, 1962, p. 23; OLIVER & GALLE, 1971b, p. 68].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Kodonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kodonophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 34
Type Species:
Streptelasma Milne-Edwardsi DYBOWSKI, 1873c, p. 409; OD; +not traced; =Madrepora truncata LINNE, 1758, p. 795, see SMITH & TREMBERTH, 1929, p. 368, +not traced]
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 99,2a,b. *K. truncatum (LINNE); up.Wenlock-low.Ludlov., Klinteberg Ls., Gotl., Klinteberg; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2
(Hill, n; UQF34169).
Synonyms
Patrophontes
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Est.); L.Sil., Asia(SW.China); M.Sil. U.Sil. (Ludlov.), Eu. (U.K. Nor.-Swed.-Est.- ?Urals)-Asia (Kazakh.)-N.Am.(Quebec Ky.); ?L.Dev., Asia (Zeravshan Ra.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Sandbian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
458.18
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Solitary or weakly fasciculate, with peripheral increase; marginarium a wide septal stereozone without dissepiments; fossula in- distinct; major septa extending almost to axis, but relatively thin in tabularium where axial edges may be lobed or waved and turned aside; septal trabeculae uniserial monacanths, wider in tangential than in radial direction; tabulae incomplete, floors arched [see OLIVER, 1962, p. 23; OLIVER & GALLE, 1971b, p. 68].