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Stortophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Cystiphyllida
Family:
Tryplasmatidae
Subfamily:
Tryplasmatinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stortophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 30
Type Species:
S. simplex, SD Lang, Smith, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 124; Cn54864, RM, Stockholm
Images
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Fig. 43,2a. *S. simplex, holotype, U.Sil., Eke marls, Gotl., Lau backar, long. sec., X1.5 (Hill, n, photograph courtesy of RM, Stockholm). --Fig. 43,2b,c. ?S.jakowlevi (NIKOLAEVA), holotype, U.Sil., E. slopes Urals, R. Taltiya; b,c, transv., long. sees., X4.0 (Ivanovskiy & Shurygina, 1975).
Synonyms
Thecaspinellum, ?Oborophyllum
Geographic Distribution
U.Sil., Eu. (Gotl.-Podolia-Urals)-N.Am.(Tenn.), L.Dev., Eu. (?N.Zemlya)-Asia(Tadzhik.-Salair)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Solitary, rejuvenescence common, septa acanthine, bases of long rhabdacanths contiguous to form narrow peripheral stereozone, tabulae horizontal or inversely conical and complete, with supplementary peripheral tabellae.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Cystiphyllida
Family:
Tryplasmatidae
Subfamily:
Tryplasmatinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stortophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 30
Type Species:
S. simplex, SD Lang, Smith, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 124; Cn54864, RM, Stockholm
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 43,2a. *S. simplex, holotype, U.Sil., Eke marls, Gotl., Lau backar, long. sec., X1.5 (Hill, n, photograph courtesy of RM, Stockholm). --Fig. 43,2b,c. ?S.jakowlevi (NIKOLAEVA), holotype, U.Sil., E. slopes Urals, R. Taltiya; b,c, transv., long. sees., X4.0 (Ivanovskiy & Shurygina, 1975).
Synonyms
Thecaspinellum, ?Oborophyllum
Geographic Distribution
U.Sil., Eu. (Gotl.-Podolia-Urals)-N.Am.(Tenn.), L.Dev., Eu. (?N.Zemlya)-Asia(Tadzhik.-Salair)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Solitary, rejuvenescence common, septa acanthine, bases of long rhabdacanths contiguous to form narrow peripheral stereozone, tabulae horizontal or inversely conical and complete, with supplementary peripheral tabellae.