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Meniscophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stereolasmatina
Family:
Hapsiphyllidae
Subfamily:
Hapsiphyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Meniscophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 199
Type Species:
M. minutum, OD, †295, NYSM, Albany, lectotype by EASTON, 1944b, p. 46
Images
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Fig. 207,2a-d. *M. minutum, Miss., Mo., a, ext. view, X1, b, long. sec., enl., c, d, transv. secs., enl. (Simpson, 1900)
Synonyms
Heptaphyllum, ?Caenophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Mo.); ?L.Carb., Eu.(Ire.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Small, cornute, minor septa very short or absent, cardinal fossula on concave side, major septa thickened, axial ends conjunct in fossular wall that is crescentic in transverse section and located eccentrically, on convex side of corallum, four or five septa on concave side longer, thinning axially, and disjunct from fossular wall, tabulae thin, no dissepiments, minor septa rudimentary
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stereolasmatina
Family:
Hapsiphyllidae
Subfamily:
Hapsiphyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Meniscophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 199
Type Species:
M. minutum, OD, †295, NYSM, Albany, lectotype by EASTON, 1944b, p. 46
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 207,2a-d. *M. minutum, Miss., Mo., a, ext. view, X1, b, long. sec., enl., c, d, transv. secs., enl. (Simpson, 1900)
Synonyms
Heptaphyllum, ?Caenophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Mo.); ?L.Carb., Eu.(Ire.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Small, cornute, minor septa very short or absent, cardinal fossula on concave side, major septa thickened, axial ends conjunct in fossular wall that is crescentic in transverse section and located eccentrically, on convex side of corallum, four or five septa on concave side longer, thinning axially, and disjunct from fossular wall, tabulae thin, no dissepiments, minor septa rudimentary
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.