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Lithostrotionella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Lonsdaleiina
    Family:  
Petalaxidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Lithostrotionella YABE & HAYASAKA, 1915, p. 93
    Type Species:  
Lithostrotion (Lithostrotionella) unicum; M; t6282, TohU, Sendai; lectotype by MINATO & KATO, 1974, p. 72


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Fig. 264,1. *L. unica, lectotype, Kung-shan, Hui-tso-hsien [Mandarin; =Hon-shan, Ton-chuan-hsien, local pronunciation, fide I. HAYASAKA, written commun., May 4, 1964, to R. K. TULL, wherein also I-IAYASAKA considered that the original collection from this locality was Chihsian, though it was first tentatively regarded as Carboniferous); oblique sec., X2.4 (Minato & Kato, 1974).


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Geographic Distribution

Asia(Yunnan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L. Perm.(Chihs.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
298.89
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L. Perm.(Chihs.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Kungurian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
274.37


Description

Cerioid, with lonsdaleoid dissepimentarium; with lathlike columella continuous with one, or two opposite, major septa; no wall-forming axial tabellae noted in figured type specimen, nor any radial septal lamellae; tabular floors subhorizontal, more commonly slightly convex or in places updrawn at columell; a few slightly concave; fossula not distinct. [Diagnosis based only on lectotype. Older names Petalaxis MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME, 1852, which see, and Acrocyathus D'ORBIGNY, 1849, Lithostrotionina, Lithostrotionidae, Acrocyathinae, are available for species with different morphologies commonly attributed to Lithostrotionella; because knowledge of the range of variation in L. unica is lacking, it is recommended that the name Lithostrotionella not be used. See also EASTON, 1973, p. 128.]




References

Groot, G. E. de, 1963, Rugose corals from the Carboniferous of northern Palencia (Spain): Leidse Geol. Meded., v. 29, p. 1-123, text-fig. 1-39, pl. 1-26, tables 1-3.


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