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Loyolophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stauriina
Family:
Stauriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Loyolophyllum CHAPMAN, 1914, p. 306
Type Species:
Columnaria (Loyolophyllum) cresswelli; M; +12904, NM, Melbourne
Images
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Fig. 71,4a,b. *L. cresswelli, L.Dev., Vict., Griffith\'s Quarry, Loyola, near Mansfield, a, b, long., transv. secs., X2.7 (Hill, 1939a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
L.Dev.(Siegen.), Australia(Vict.), ?M.Dev., Australia(Queensl.)-Asia (Salair-Kuzbas)-Eu.(Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Siegen.)
Beginning International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
412.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Siegen.)
Ending International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
410.51
Description
Cerioid, corallites small with very narrow peripheral stereozone, septa few, thin, without carinae, major septa unequal, some extending almost to axis, minor septa short, tabulae complete, commonly sagging, or horizontal, a few scattered lonsdaleoid dissepiments adhering to wall by both upper and lower edges, or partial longitudinal series may be developed [see HILL, 1939a, p. 239]
References
Chapman, Frederick, 1914, Newer Silurian fossils of eastern Victoria, Part 3: Victoria Geol. Surv., Rec., v. 3, pt. 3, p. 301-316, pl. 46-61.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stauriina
Family:
Stauriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Loyolophyllum CHAPMAN, 1914, p. 306
Type Species:
Columnaria (Loyolophyllum) cresswelli; M; +12904, NM, Melbourne
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 71,4a,b. *L. cresswelli, L.Dev., Vict., Griffith\'s Quarry, Loyola, near Mansfield, a, b, long., transv. secs., X2.7 (Hill, 1939a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
L.Dev.(Siegen.), Australia(Vict.), ?M.Dev., Australia(Queensl.)-Asia (Salair-Kuzbas)-Eu.(Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Siegen.)
Beginning International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
412.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Siegen.)
Ending International Stage:
Pragian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
410.51
Description
Cerioid, corallites small with very narrow peripheral stereozone, septa few, thin, without carinae, major septa unequal, some extending almost to axis, minor septa short, tabulae complete, commonly sagging, or horizontal, a few scattered lonsdaleoid dissepiments adhering to wall by both upper and lower edges, or partial longitudinal series may be developed [see HILL, 1939a, p. 239]
References
Chapman, Frederick, 1914, Newer Silurian fossils of eastern Victoria, Part 3: Victoria Geol. Surv., Rec., v. 3, pt. 3, p. 301-316, pl. 46-61.