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Pseudoblothrophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Kodonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pseudoblothrophyllum OLIVER, 1960a, p. 91
Type Species:
*. helderbergium, OD, †11081, NYSM, Albany
Images
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Fig. 101,2a,b. *P. helderbergium, holotype, reef facies, Coeymans Ls., N.Y.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X1 (Oliver, 1960a; photographs courtesy W. A. Oliver).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(N.Y.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Coeymans)
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Coeymans)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, large, cylindrical, marginarium in adult stages a wide stereozone in which major and minor septa are almost everywhere dilated to contiguity, a very few interseptal loculi or dissepiments ?present; major septa long, extending nearly to axis, relatively thin in tabularium, axial ends somewhat convolute, peripheral ends may have lonsdaleoid discontinuities; cardinal fossula limited to tabularium, marked by short cardinal septum; tabulae complete, axially concave, periaxially arched, strongly bent downward toward marginarium.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Streptelasmatina
Family:
Kodonophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pseudoblothrophyllum OLIVER, 1960a, p. 91
Type Species:
*. helderbergium, OD, †11081, NYSM, Albany
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 101,2a,b. *P. helderbergium, holotype, reef facies, Coeymans Ls., N.Y.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X1 (Oliver, 1960a; photographs courtesy W. A. Oliver).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(N.Y.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Coeymans)
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.(Coeymans)
Ending International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
394.3
Description
Solitary, large, cylindrical, marginarium in adult stages a wide stereozone in which major and minor septa are almost everywhere dilated to contiguity, a very few interseptal loculi or dissepiments ?present; major septa long, extending nearly to axis, relatively thin in tabularium, axial ends somewhat convolute, peripheral ends may have lonsdaleoid discontinuities; cardinal fossula limited to tabularium, marked by short cardinal septum; tabulae complete, axially concave, periaxially arched, strongly bent downward toward marginarium.