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Paracaninia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Caniniina
Family:
Cyathopsidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paracaninia CHI, 1937, p. 93
Type Species:
P. sinensis, OD; +not traced, Peking
Images
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Fig. 224, 2a-d. *P. sinensis, holotype, Chihs., up. Wumaling Ser., Kiangsi, Wumahuitou, Yungsin distr.; a, ext. view, X1; bod, transv., long. sees., X2 (Chi, 1937).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(China)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Kungurian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
274.37
Description
Solitary, with spinose processes; major septa thin and long in early stages, short and amplexoid in later stages; cardinal fossula marked by shortened cardinal septum; minor septa short, dissepiments absent; tabulae mesa-shaped, with long downturned edges, complete or incomplete.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Caniniina
Family:
Cyathopsidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paracaninia CHI, 1937, p. 93
Type Species:
P. sinensis, OD; +not traced, Peking
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 224, 2a-d. *P. sinensis, holotype, Chihs., up. Wumaling Ser., Kiangsi, Wumahuitou, Yungsin distr.; a, ext. view, X1; bod, transv., long. sees., X2 (Chi, 1937).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(China)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Kungurian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
274.37
Description
Solitary, with spinose processes; major septa thin and long in early stages, short and amplexoid in later stages; cardinal fossula marked by shortened cardinal septum; minor septa short, dissepiments absent; tabulae mesa-shaped, with long downturned edges, complete or incomplete.