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Orionastraea
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lithostrotionina
Family:
Lithostrotionidae
Subfamily:
Lithostrotioninae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Orionastraea SMITH, 1917, p. 294
Type Species:
Sarcinula phillipsi McCov, 1849, p. 125, OD, †A2188, SM, Cambridge, lectotype by SMITH, 1917, p. 295
Images
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Fig. 249,4a,b. *O. phillipsi (McCoY), Visean, U.K., Corwen, N. Wales; a,b, transv., long. secs., X4, X2 (Hudson, 1929).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (U. K.-Eire-Urals-N. Zemlya-Russ. Platf- Donbas) - Asia (Japan - Hansu) - Australia (Queensl.-New S.Wales); ?L.Perm., N.Am.(Nev.).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Astreoid, thamnasterioid, or aphroid, major and minor septa long, may be discontinuous toward periphery, columella formed by dilatation and upgrowth of axial end of long counter septum, may be mainly absent in diphymorph species, tabulae conical, complete or incomplete, dissepiments small, normal except peripherally in aphroid forms [see HUDSON, 1929, p. 441].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lithostrotionina
Family:
Lithostrotionidae
Subfamily:
Lithostrotioninae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Orionastraea SMITH, 1917, p. 294
Type Species:
Sarcinula phillipsi McCov, 1849, p. 125, OD, †A2188, SM, Cambridge, lectotype by SMITH, 1917, p. 295
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 249,4a,b. *O. phillipsi (McCoY), Visean, U.K., Corwen, N. Wales; a,b, transv., long. secs., X4, X2 (Hudson, 1929).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (U. K.-Eire-Urals-N. Zemlya-Russ. Platf- Donbas) - Asia (Japan - Hansu) - Australia (Queensl.-New S.Wales); ?L.Perm., N.Am.(Nev.).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Astreoid, thamnasterioid, or aphroid, major and minor septa long, may be discontinuous toward periphery, columella formed by dilatation and upgrowth of axial end of long counter septum, may be mainly absent in diphymorph species, tabulae conical, complete or incomplete, dissepiments small, normal except peripherally in aphroid forms [see HUDSON, 1929, p. 441].