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Palaeosmilia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Palaeosmiliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Palaeosmilia Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1848b, p. 467
Type Species:
P. murchisoni, SM, Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1848c, p. 261, 448398, Bowerbank Coll., BM(NH), London
Images
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Fig. 245,1a,b. *P. murchisoni, D2, Somerset, Frome, a, transv. sec., X1.7 (Yü, 1937), b, another specimen, long. sec., X1.7 (Hill, n, UQF12443)
Synonyms
Strephodes, Clisiophyllites, Staatssammlung
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Belg.-Ger. )-W.Australia, L.Carb.-U.Carb.(?Tour-nais.-Visean-?Namur. ), Eu. (Brit. I.-France-Belg.-Ger.-Carnic Alps-?Czech.-Pol.-USSR)-Asia(?Urals-A.Minor-Taymyr-Kazakh.-Kirghiz.-?Kuzbas-Kwei-chow-Kwangsi-Sinkiang-Japan-NE. USSR)-N. Afr. (W.Sahara)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Solitary, ?fasciculate, corallites moderately large, with numerous, radially arranged, long septa, wide, regular dissepimentarium, and long, shallow fossula narrow at outer part of wide tabularium, widening slightly nearer to axis, tabulae incomplete, tabular floors flattened domes with upturned edges, sagging at axis when major septa somewhat withdrawn, dissepiments numerous, regular, small and globose. [see KABAKOVICH, 1952, p. 85]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Palaeosmiliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Palaeosmilia Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1848b, p. 467
Type Species:
P. murchisoni, SM, Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1848c, p. 261, 448398, Bowerbank Coll., BM(NH), London
Images
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Fig. 245,1a,b. *P. murchisoni, D2, Somerset, Frome, a, transv. sec., X1.7 (Yü, 1937), b, another specimen, long. sec., X1.7 (Hill, n, UQF12443)
Synonyms
Strephodes, Clisiophyllites, Staatssammlung
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Belg.-Ger. )-W.Australia, L.Carb.-U.Carb.(?Tour-nais.-Visean-?Namur. ), Eu. (Brit. I.-France-Belg.-Ger.-Carnic Alps-?Czech.-Pol.-USSR)-Asia(?Urals-A.Minor-Taymyr-Kazakh.-Kirghiz.-?Kuzbas-Kwei-chow-Kwangsi-Sinkiang-Japan-NE. USSR)-N. Afr. (W.Sahara)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Solitary, ?fasciculate, corallites moderately large, with numerous, radially arranged, long septa, wide, regular dissepimentarium, and long, shallow fossula narrow at outer part of wide tabularium, widening slightly nearer to axis, tabulae incomplete, tabular floors flattened domes with upturned edges, sagging at axis when major septa somewhat withdrawn, dissepiments numerous, regular, small and globose. [see KABAKOVICH, 1952, p. 85]