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Ningnanophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Calostylina
    Superfamily:  
Calostylicae
    Family:  
Calostylidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ningnanophyllum LIN, 1965, p. 69
    Type Species:  
N. ningnanense; OD; +1002A'638, ?AGS, ?Peking


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Fossil Image
Fig. 107, 1a,b. *N. ningnanense, holotype, Ningnan distr., Szechwan, a, b, transv., long. secs., X4 (Lin, 1965).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Asia(Szechwan-Kweichow)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Dapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
471.26
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Ord.
    Ending International Stage:  
Darriwilian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
458.18


Description

Small, fasciculate, calices keg-shaped, septa thick, ?perforate, axial edges of major septa united about axial tabular space, marginarium a spongy stereozone, tabulae complete, sparse, without dissepiments. [WEYER, 1973a, p. 28, considers septal structure inconsistent with that of Calostylidae.]




References



Museum or Author Information

Lin, 1965