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Pilophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ketophyllina
Family:
Kyphophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pilophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 34
Type Species:
P. Keyserlingi; OD; +11099-11 101, WEDEKIND Coll., SM, Frankfurt
Images
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Fig. 140,2a,b. *P. keyserlingi, holotype, V.Sil., Gotl., Lindeklint; a,b, transv., long. secs., X 2 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy
R. Birenheide).
Synonyms
Neokyphophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Gotl.-?Est.-Pol.- ?Podolia); ?L. Dev. (Lochkov.), Asia (Tadzhik.- Kazakh.-Salair)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Solitary or (less commonly) fasciculate; marginarium a septal stereozone in- terrupted by lonsdaleoid dissepiments; major septa thin and convolute in wide tabularium; with indistinct cardinal fossula; tabulae incomplete; floors domed with subhorizontal edges, and in places with shallow axial depression; cardinal fossula indistinct.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ketophyllina
Family:
Kyphophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pilophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 34
Type Species:
P. Keyserlingi; OD; +11099-11 101, WEDEKIND Coll., SM, Frankfurt
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 140,2a,b. *P. keyserlingi, holotype, V.Sil., Gotl., Lindeklint; a,b, transv., long. secs., X 2 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy
R. Birenheide).
Synonyms
Neokyphophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu. (Gotl.-?Est.-Pol.- ?Podolia); ?L. Dev. (Lochkov.), Asia (Tadzhik.- Kazakh.-Salair)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Solitary or (less commonly) fasciculate; marginarium a septal stereozone in- terrupted by lonsdaleoid dissepiments; major septa thin and convolute in wide tabularium; with indistinct cardinal fossula; tabulae incomplete; floors domed with subhorizontal edges, and in places with shallow axial depression; cardinal fossula indistinct.