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Margarophyllia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Octocorallia
    Order:  
Scleractinia
    Suborder:  
Fungiina
    Superfamily:  
Agariciicae
    Family:  
Procyclolitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Margarophyllia VOLZ, 1896
    Type Species:  
Montlivaltia capitata MÜNSTER, 1841


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Fossil Image
Fig. 267,4. M. crenata (Münster), Carn., Aus., 4a, ×1, 4b, transv. sec., × 10 (155)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

U.Trias., Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.
    Ending International Stage:  
Rhaetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
201.36


Description

Solitary, subcylindrical, fixed. Septa faintly fenestrate in later stages.




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