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Sinodisphyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Cyathophyllina
    Family:  
Cyathophyllidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sinodisphyllum SUN, 1958, p. 11
    Type Species:  
Disphyllum (Sinodisphyllum) variabile, OD, †S1289, ?CU, Peking, lectotype by IVANOVSKIY, 1976, p. 157


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Fig. 198,2a-c. *S. variabile, lectotype, Lungkouchung F., Sinodisphyllum Zone, Hunan, Hsianghsiang, a, b, transv., c, long. sec., X2 (Sun, 1958).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Asia (Hunan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
378.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Solitary, moderately large, septa dilated and major septa almost reaching axis in young stages, in late stages septa numerous and thinned, major long but withdrawn from axis, minor shorter, dissepimentarium moderately wide, dissepiments small, subequal, subglobose, becoming steeply declined in inner series, tabulae incomplete, floors flat or somewhat sagging. [Diagnosis based on lectotype; other syntypes not necessarily congeneric, may include Mansuyphyllum sp.]




References



Museum or Author Information

Sun, 1958