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Paracarruthersella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Lonsdaleiina
    Family:  
Geyerophyllidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Paracarruthersella YOH, 1961, p. 13
    Type Species:  
P. bryocolumellata, OD; +not traced


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Fossil Image
Fig. 268,4a,b. *P. bryocolumellata, Maping Ls., S. China, loc. unknown, a, paratype, transv. sec., X1.6, b, holotype, long. sec., X1.6 (Yoh, 1961).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Asia(S.China)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
323.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.
    Ending International Stage:  
Gzhelian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
298.89


Description

Fasciculate ? (or solitary, fide Minato & Kato, 1975a, p. 14), with axial structure a loose aggregate of axial tabellae and irregular lamellae with short median plate, septa slightly thickened, ? (with zigzag carinae), in late stages major septa almost attaining axial structure, ? (cardinal rather shorter), minor septa short, tabulae mostly complete, tented Cotton, 1973, p. 147, ?clinotabulae, fide Rowett & Kato, 1968, p. 39, wall thick, with wide lonsdaleoid dissepimentarium of steep, elongate plates, innermost series may be thickened to form inner wall [see Minato & Kato, 1975a, p. 14]




References



Museum or Author Information

Yoh, 1961