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Plerophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Plerophyllina
Family:
Plerophyllidae
Subfamily:
Plerophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plerophyllum HINDE, 1890, p. 195
Type Species:
P. australe, SD Grabau, 1928, p. 46, †R13984, BM(NH), London, lectotype by HILL, 1937b, p. 49
Images
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Fig. 214,3a,b. * P. australe, syntype, L.Perm., W. Australia, Irwin R., *, transv. secs., * (Hinde, 1890)., Fig. 214,3c. ?P. radiciforme Gerth, syntype, U.Perm., Timor, Oilmasi, transv. sec., * (Gerth, 1921).
Synonyms
Timorosmilia
Geographic Distribution
Australia (W. Australia-Queensl.), U.Perm., Asia(Timor-NW.Iran-Nakhi-chev.)-Eu.(N.Urals)
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, ceratoid, cardinal side commonly concave, five septa (cardinal, counter-lateral, and alar) larger and more dilated and rhopaloid than other major septa, in early stages septal plan zaphrentoid, and septa may be thickened so that lumen is filled, in later stages axial edges of septa free, distal edges of septa smooth, trabeculae where noted monacanthine, minor septa rudimentary to short, tabulae gently declined from axis, no dissepiments.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Plerophyllina
Family:
Plerophyllidae
Subfamily:
Plerophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plerophyllum HINDE, 1890, p. 195
Type Species:
P. australe, SD Grabau, 1928, p. 46, †R13984, BM(NH), London, lectotype by HILL, 1937b, p. 49
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 214,3a,b. * P. australe, syntype, L.Perm., W. Australia, Irwin R., *, transv. secs., * (Hinde, 1890)., Fig. 214,3c. ?P. radiciforme Gerth, syntype, U.Perm., Timor, Oilmasi, transv. sec., * (Gerth, 1921).
Synonyms
Timorosmilia
Geographic Distribution
Australia (W. Australia-Queensl.), U.Perm., Asia(Timor-NW.Iran-Nakhi-chev.)-Eu.(N.Urals)
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, ceratoid, cardinal side commonly concave, five septa (cardinal, counter-lateral, and alar) larger and more dilated and rhopaloid than other major septa, in early stages septal plan zaphrentoid, and septa may be thickened so that lumen is filled, in later stages axial edges of septa free, distal edges of septa smooth, trabeculae where noted monacanthine, minor septa rudimentary to short, tabulae gently declined from axis, no dissepiments.