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Sociophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Ptenophyllina
    Family:  
Stringophyllidae?
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sociophyllum BIRENHEIDE, 1962a, p. 53
    Type Species:  
Spongophyllum elongatum SCHLÜTER, 1881, p. 213, OD, +2(=B1), Schlüter Coll., IP, Bonn


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Fossil Image
Fig. 158,1a,b. *S. elongatum (Schlüter), lectotype, "Berndorf," ?Givet., presumably within range Ahbach Beds to Cürten Beds, Ger., Eifel, a, b, transv., long. secs., X1.2 (Birenheide, 1962a).


Synonyms

Paraspongophyllum


Geographic Distribution

Eu.(France-Aus.)-Asia(Mt.Altay), M.Dev., Eu.(Ger.-Belg.-U. K.-N. Zemlya)-Asia (E. Urals-Nepal-Kuzbas-Yun-nan-Kweichow)-Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales)-N.Am.(Yukon-NW.Terr.-Nev.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Dev.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Lochkovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
419
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Like Stringophyllum (Neospongophyllum) but phaceloid. [see PEDDER, 1964b, p. 444]




References



Museum or Author Information

Birenheide, 1962