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Squameolites
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Proporicae
Family:
Plasmoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Squameolites BONDARENKO, 1963, p. 50
Type Species:
S. squamiger, OD, +lost, was no. 46/3A-G, MGU, Moscow
Images
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Fig. 420,3a-c. *S. squamiger, holotype, top of Isen suite, C. Kazakh., 200 km. S. of Karaganda; a,b, transv., long. secs., X7; c, transv. sec., dark areas are squamulae, X22 (Bondarenko, 1963).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(C.Kazakh.-Tien Shan)-Eu.(Gotl.-Podolia) -Australia(New S.Wales-?Queensl.); L.Dev., Asia (Kazakh.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Septa represented by squamulae or by lenticular thickenings of the walls of tabularia, conenchyme mixed dissepimental-tubular, tabulae horizontal, complete, in tubules, dissepimental edges intersect in axial regions of tubules, giving plaited appearance in longitudinal sections.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Heliolitida
Suborder:
Heliolitina
Superfamily:
Proporicae
Family:
Plasmoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Squameolites BONDARENKO, 1963, p. 50
Type Species:
S. squamiger, OD, +lost, was no. 46/3A-G, MGU, Moscow
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 420,3a-c. *S. squamiger, holotype, top of Isen suite, C. Kazakh., 200 km. S. of Karaganda; a,b, transv., long. secs., X7; c, transv. sec., dark areas are squamulae, X22 (Bondarenko, 1963).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(C.Kazakh.-Tien Shan)-Eu.(Gotl.-Podolia) -Australia(New S.Wales-?Queensl.); L.Dev., Asia (Kazakh.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.(Ludlov.)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Septa represented by squamulae or by lenticular thickenings of the walls of tabularia, conenchyme mixed dissepimental-tubular, tabulae horizontal, complete, in tubules, dissepimental edges intersect in axial regions of tubules, giving plaited appearance in longitudinal sections.