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Slimoniphyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Aulophyllidae
Subfamily:
Dibunophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Slimoniphyllum Kato & MITCHELL, 1961, p. 281
Type Species:
Rodophyllum slimonianum Thomson, 1874, p. 558, OD, †T1021, KM, Glasgow, lectotype by HILL, 1938-1941, p. 111
Images
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Fig. 240,6a,b. *S. slimonianum (Thomson), a, holotype, Low. Limestone Gr., Lanarkshire, Brockley, near Lesmahagow, transv. sec., X2.0 (Thomson, 1874); b, another specimen, D2, Yorkshire, 3.5 mi. S. of Horton, part of transv. sec. showing lateral tabellae on septa and cardinal fossula, X3.0 (Kato & Mitchell, 1961).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Brit.I.-?Pol.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(up.Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(up.Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Solitary, ceratoid to trochoid, with weak axial structure in which medial plate tends to degenerate and thin septal lamellae to become twisted, septa thin in dissepimentarium and dilated but vesiculate in tabularium, small lateral tabellae invested with sclerenchyme appearing to one side of median plane of septum, cardinal septum short in open and parallelsided fossula that indents dissepimentarium somewhat and lies on convex side of corallum, counter septum also shortened, but less so than cardinal, dissepiments normal concentric to angulate and irregular, tabulae flat and complete in early stages, later incomplete and declined abaxially
References
Kaplan, A. A., , \& Minato, Masao, , \& Mitchell, M., 1961, Slimoniphyllum, a new genus of Lower Carboniferous coral from Britain: Palaeontology, v. 4, pt. 2, p. 280-291, text-fig. 1-9, pl. 35, 36.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Aulophyllina
Family:
Aulophyllidae
Subfamily:
Dibunophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Slimoniphyllum Kato & MITCHELL, 1961, p. 281
Type Species:
Rodophyllum slimonianum Thomson, 1874, p. 558, OD, †T1021, KM, Glasgow, lectotype by HILL, 1938-1941, p. 111
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 240,6a,b. *S. slimonianum (Thomson), a, holotype, Low. Limestone Gr., Lanarkshire, Brockley, near Lesmahagow, transv. sec., X2.0 (Thomson, 1874); b, another specimen, D2, Yorkshire, 3.5 mi. S. of Horton, part of transv. sec. showing lateral tabellae on septa and cardinal fossula, X3.0 (Kato & Mitchell, 1961).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Brit.I.-?Pol.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(up.Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Carb.(up.Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Solitary, ceratoid to trochoid, with weak axial structure in which medial plate tends to degenerate and thin septal lamellae to become twisted, septa thin in dissepimentarium and dilated but vesiculate in tabularium, small lateral tabellae invested with sclerenchyme appearing to one side of median plane of septum, cardinal septum short in open and parallelsided fossula that indents dissepimentarium somewhat and lies on convex side of corallum, counter septum also shortened, but less so than cardinal, dissepiments normal concentric to angulate and irregular, tabulae flat and complete in early stages, later incomplete and declined abaxially
References
Kaplan, A. A., , \& Minato, Masao, , \& Mitchell, M., 1961, Slimoniphyllum, a new genus of Lower Carboniferous coral from Britain: Palaeontology, v. 4, pt. 2, p. 280-291, text-fig. 1-9, pl. 35, 36.