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Oculipora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Alveolitina
Family:
Alveolitidea
Subfamily:
Caliaporina
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Oculipora SOKOLOV, 1952b, p. 50
Type Species:
O. tschotschiai, OD; +34, colI. 483, VNIGRI, Leningrad
Images
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Fig. 407,la,b. *O. tschotschiai, holotype, M.Dev., Biya beds, W. slopes S. Urals, mouth of R. Arsha, basin of R. Ay; a,b, transv.,
long. secs., X4 (Sokolov, 1952b).
Synonyms
Oculiporella
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Urals-Kwangsi); L. Dev.(Favosites regularis-simus Z.), Asia(Zeravshan Ra.); M.Dev.(Eijel.), Eu. (Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Corallum cerioid; corallites directed perpendicularly or almost so to surface; large cylindroprismatic corallites evenly scattered among small polygonal corallites of variable outline; walls slightly thickened, median suture indistinct; mural pores large, uniserial, numerous; squamulae few; septal spines coarse,
sparse, with upturned ends, may be absent; tabulae complete, transverse or slightly concave, rarely incomplete and suspended from squamulae [see KIM, 1965b, p. 69; YANET in DUBATOLOV, CHEKHOVICH, & YANET, 1968, p. 102].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Favositida
Suborder:
Alveolitina
Family:
Alveolitidea
Subfamily:
Caliaporina
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Oculipora SOKOLOV, 1952b, p. 50
Type Species:
O. tschotschiai, OD; +34, colI. 483, VNIGRI, Leningrad
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 407,la,b. *O. tschotschiai, holotype, M.Dev., Biya beds, W. slopes S. Urals, mouth of R. Arsha, basin of R. Ay; a,b, transv.,
long. secs., X4 (Sokolov, 1952b).
Synonyms
Oculiporella
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Urals-Kwangsi); L. Dev.(Favosites regularis-simus Z.), Asia(Zeravshan Ra.); M.Dev.(Eijel.), Eu. (Urals)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Corallum cerioid; corallites directed perpendicularly or almost so to surface; large cylindroprismatic corallites evenly scattered among small polygonal corallites of variable outline; walls slightly thickened, median suture indistinct; mural pores large, uniserial, numerous; squamulae few; septal spines coarse,
sparse, with upturned ends, may be absent; tabulae complete, transverse or slightly concave, rarely incomplete and suspended from squamulae [see KIM, 1965b, p. 69; YANET in DUBATOLOV, CHEKHOVICH, & YANET, 1968, p. 102].