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Orthophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Rugosa - Order and family uncertain
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Orthophyllum POČTA, 1902, p. 196
    Type Species:  
O. praecox, SD SMITH, 1930a, p. 303, thot traced, ?NM, Prague


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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:  
M.Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Givetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
378.9


Description

Solitary, small, erect, conical, major septa thin, somewhat withdrawn from axis, minor septa contratingent, tabulac present. [Type material]




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