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Nanshanophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Arachinophyllina
Family:
Entelophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nanshanophyllum YÜ, 1956, p. 612
Type Species:
N. typicum, OD, †PB8693-5, IGP, Nanking
Images
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Fig. 130,5a,b. *N. typicum, holotype, Kansu, Chiyinkungtai, Chiuchan, a, b, transv., long. secs., X2 (Yü, 1956).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales), M.Sil., Asia(Kansu-Shensi-Hunan), U.Sil.(Pridol.), N. Am.(Devon I.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum solitary, septa very numerous, dilated and faintly asymmetrically carinate in wide dissepimentarium of small, rather elongate dissepiments, major septa extending unequally into axial region, axial ends may be slightly curving in indistinct groups, cardinal fossula extending into axial region, cardinal septum may attain axis, tabular floors axially depressed domes with edges turned out or up, each floor of many tabellae [see also PEDDER, 1976b, p.291].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Arachinophyllina
Family:
Entelophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nanshanophyllum YÜ, 1956, p. 612
Type Species:
N. typicum, OD, †PB8693-5, IGP, Nanking
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 130,5a,b. *N. typicum, holotype, Kansu, Chiyinkungtai, Chiuchan, a, b, transv., long. secs., X2 (Yü, 1956).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales), M.Sil., Asia(Kansu-Shensi-Hunan), U.Sil.(Pridol.), N. Am.(Devon I.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Corallum solitary, septa very numerous, dilated and faintly asymmetrically carinate in wide dissepimentarium of small, rather elongate dissepiments, major septa extending unequally into axial region, axial ends may be slightly curving in indistinct groups, cardinal fossula extending into axial region, cardinal septum may attain axis, tabular floors axially depressed domes with edges turned out or up, each floor of many tabellae [see also PEDDER, 1976b, p.291].