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Procyclolites
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Fungiina
Superfamily:
Agariciicae
Family:
Procyclolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Procyclolites FRECH, 1890
Type Species:
P. triadicus
Images
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Fig. 267,2. *P. triadicus, V.Trias. (Nor.) , Aus.; 2a, corallum, X1; 2b, long. sec., X2 (50).
Synonyms
Myriophyllia
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Toarcian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
174.7
Description
Solitary or with some polystomodaeal intratentacular budding, fixed, subcylindrical to subturbinate. Septa laminar and imperforate with tendency toward porous fenestrate condition with simple (Trias. species) and compound (Trias.-Jur. species) trabeculae, commonly with strong lateral ridges.
References
Frech, F., 1890, Die Korallenfauna der Trias, 1. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz: Palaeontographica, Bd. 37, 116 p., 21 pl.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Fungiina
Superfamily:
Agariciicae
Family:
Procyclolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Procyclolites FRECH, 1890
Type Species:
P. triadicus
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 267,2. *P. triadicus, V.Trias. (Nor.) , Aus.; 2a, corallum, X1; 2b, long. sec., X2 (50).
Synonyms
Myriophyllia
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Toarcian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
174.7
Description
Solitary or with some polystomodaeal intratentacular budding, fixed, subcylindrical to subturbinate. Septa laminar and imperforate with tendency toward porous fenestrate condition with simple (Trias. species) and compound (Trias.-Jur. species) trabeculae, commonly with strong lateral ridges.
References
Frech, F., 1890, Die Korallenfauna der Trias, 1. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz: Palaeontographica, Bd. 37, 116 p., 21 pl.