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Stylina
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Stylinidae
Subfamily:
Stylininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stylina LAMARCK, 1816
Type Species:
S. echinulata
Images
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Fig. 266,8. S. girodi Étallon, U.Jur.(Raur.), Switz., calices, X1 (71). -- Fig. 266,9. S. (Heliocoenia) corallina Koby, U.Jur. (Raur.), Switz., long. sec., X3 (71)
Synonyms
Fascicularia, Branchastrea, Gemmastrea, Stylopora, ?Adelocoenia, Conocoenia, ?Convexastrea, Cryptocoenia, ?Decacoenia, ?Dendrocoenia, Lobocoenia, ?Tremacoenia, Acanthocoenia, ?Octocoenia, Pseudocoenia, Platysmilia, Dendroseris
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-AsiaM.-Afr.-N.Am.-S.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Plocoid, massive or ramose, corallites protuberant, united by costate, subtabular coenosteum. Columella styliform or absent. Septa variously arranged (hexamerally, octamerally, etc.).
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Stylinidae
Subfamily:
Stylininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stylina LAMARCK, 1816
Type Species:
S. echinulata
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 266,8. S. girodi Étallon, U.Jur.(Raur.), Switz., calices, X1 (71). -- Fig. 266,9. S. (Heliocoenia) corallina Koby, U.Jur. (Raur.), Switz., long. sec., X3 (71)
Synonyms
Fascicularia, Branchastrea, Gemmastrea, Stylopora, ?Adelocoenia, Conocoenia, ?Convexastrea, Cryptocoenia, ?Decacoenia, ?Dendrocoenia, Lobocoenia, ?Tremacoenia, Acanthocoenia, ?Octocoenia, Pseudocoenia, Platysmilia, Dendroseris
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-AsiaM.-Afr.-N.Am.-S.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Plocoid, massive or ramose, corallites protuberant, united by costate, subtabular coenosteum. Columella styliform or absent. Septa variously arranged (hexamerally, octamerally, etc.).