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Solenihalysites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Tabulata
    Order:  
Heliolitida
    Suborder:  
Halysitina
    Family:  
Halysitidae
    Subfamily:  
Halysitinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Solenihalysites STASINSKA, 1967, p. 59
    Type Species:  
S. norvegicus, OD, †49378, PM, Oslo


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Fossil Image
Fig. 430,2a,b. *S. norvegicus, holotype, M.Sil., Nor., Holmestrand, Langøy, a, b, transv., long. secs., X6 (Stasinska, 1967).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu. (Nor.-Swed.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M. Sil.(Wenlock.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sheinwoodian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
432.93
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U. Sil.(Ludlov.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Ludfordian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
422.73


Description

Corallum halysitoid, corallites oval in section with septal spines commonly weakly developed and horizontal tabulae, radially fibrous wall tissue common to neighboring corallites with very narrow, irregular longitudinal spaces imparting a spongy texture and crossed by very sparse, horizontal diaphragms.




References



Museum or Author Information

Stasinska, 1967