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Rotiphyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stereolasmatina
Family:
Actinophrentidae
Subfamily:
Actinophrentinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Rotiphyllum HUDSON, 1942a, p. 257
Type Species:
Densiphyllum rushianum VAUGHAN, 1908, p. 459; OD; +TI0/1009, TC, Dublin
Images
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Fig. 203,4a. *R. rushianum (VAUGHAN), L. Carb., Cyatllaxonia beds, Eire, Rush; transv. sec., X4 (Vaughan, 1906). --Fig. 203,4b-d. R. sokolot·i (FOMICHEV), holotype; b,c, transv., d,
long. sees., X3 (Fomichev, 1953a).
Synonyms
Centrocellulosum, Monophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(U.K.-Eire)-Asia(Kazakh.); U.Carb.(Moscov.), Eu.(Donbas).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Small, solitary, comute, fossula on convex side; major septa dilated, with extra thickening in inner third of their length, joined to form dense axial structure; counter septum longer than others and cardinal septum may withdraw from center of axial structure into which cardinal fossula may extend, narrowing adaxially; alar fossulae not marked; minor septa short; bases of septa dilated and in contact, forming narrow peripheral stereozone; tabulae conical; no dissepiments.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stereolasmatina
Family:
Actinophrentidae
Subfamily:
Actinophrentinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Rotiphyllum HUDSON, 1942a, p. 257
Type Species:
Densiphyllum rushianum VAUGHAN, 1908, p. 459; OD; +TI0/1009, TC, Dublin
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 203,4a. *R. rushianum (VAUGHAN), L. Carb., Cyatllaxonia beds, Eire, Rush; transv. sec., X4 (Vaughan, 1906). --Fig. 203,4b-d. R. sokolot·i (FOMICHEV), holotype; b,c, transv., d,
long. sees., X3 (Fomichev, 1953a).
Synonyms
Centrocellulosum, Monophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(U.K.-Eire)-Asia(Kazakh.); U.Carb.(Moscov.), Eu.(Donbas).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
346.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Small, solitary, comute, fossula on convex side; major septa dilated, with extra thickening in inner third of their length, joined to form dense axial structure; counter septum longer than others and cardinal septum may withdraw from center of axial structure into which cardinal fossula may extend, narrowing adaxially; alar fossulae not marked; minor septa short; bases of septa dilated and in contact, forming narrow peripheral stereozone; tabulae conical; no dissepiments.