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Mesophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Cystiphyllida
Family:
Digonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mesophyllum SCHLÜTER, 1889, p. 325
Type Species:
Actinocystis defecta Schlüter, 1882, p. 208, SD Wedekind, 1925, p. 38, †199d, Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, lectotype by Stumm, 1949, p. 44, which is also lectotype by Stumm, 1949, p. 44, of *Cyathophyllum vesiculosum GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 58 (pl. 17, fig. 5e only), M.Dev., Eifel.
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Corallum solitary or phaceloid, calicular pit with weakly expressed keyhole outline, narrow end a cardinal tabularial fossula, major septa commonly thin to very thin, laminar or partly laminar except peripherally, where they are discontinuous and may be replaced by isolated arched crossbar plates associated with naotic dissepiments, sclerocones commonly weakly expressed, strongest in tabularium, septum in each loculus neighboring counter septum long like major septa, minor septa weakly expressed.
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Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Cystiphyllida
Family:
Digonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mesophyllum SCHLÜTER, 1889, p. 325
Type Species:
Actinocystis defecta Schlüter, 1882, p. 208, SD Wedekind, 1925, p. 38, †199d, Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, lectotype by Stumm, 1949, p. 44, which is also lectotype by Stumm, 1949, p. 44, of *Cyathophyllum vesiculosum GOLDFUSS, 1826, p. 58 (pl. 17, fig. 5e only), M.Dev., Eifel.
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Corallum solitary or phaceloid, calicular pit with weakly expressed keyhole outline, narrow end a cardinal tabularial fossula, major septa commonly thin to very thin, laminar or partly laminar except peripherally, where they are discontinuous and may be replaced by isolated arched crossbar plates associated with naotic dissepiments, sclerocones commonly weakly expressed, strongest in tabularium, septum in each loculus neighboring counter septum long like major septa, minor septa weakly expressed.