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Sulcorphyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Phillipsastreidae
Subfamily:
Group 2
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sulcorphyllum PEDDER, 1964a, p. 366
Type Species:
Prismatophyllum brownae HILL, 1942c, p. 152, OD, +8152, SU, Sydney
Images
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Fig. 182,3a-c. *S. brownae, Sulcor Ls., New S. Wales, near Sulcor quarry, near Attunga, a, b, holotype, transv., long. secs., X3.8, c, topotype, long. sec., X3.8 (Hill, n, 7246, 8152, SU, Sydney)
Synonyms
Trapezophyllum, Parasulcorphyllum
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales)-Asia (Kwangsi)
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:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Cerioid, increase peripheral, common wall thin, with median dark plane, septa radially arranged, somewhat thickened in zone of horseshoe dissepiments that divides dissepimentarium from tabularium, major septa subequal, long, may almost reach axis, several series of outwardly declined dissepiments are developed peripheral to pipe of horseshoes, and outermost series of dissepiments may be narrow and flat, tabulae incomplete, subhorizontal, may be raised in axial zone.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Columnariina
Family:
Phillipsastreidae
Subfamily:
Group 2
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sulcorphyllum PEDDER, 1964a, p. 366
Type Species:
Prismatophyllum brownae HILL, 1942c, p. 152, OD, +8152, SU, Sydney
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 182,3a-c. *S. brownae, Sulcor Ls., New S. Wales, near Sulcor quarry, near Attunga, a, b, holotype, transv., long. secs., X3.8, c, topotype, long. sec., X3.8 (Hill, n, 7246, 8152, SU, Sydney)
Synonyms
Trapezophyllum, Parasulcorphyllum
Geographic Distribution
Australia(New S.Wales)-Asia (Kwangsi)
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:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Cerioid, increase peripheral, common wall thin, with median dark plane, septa radially arranged, somewhat thickened in zone of horseshoe dissepiments that divides dissepimentarium from tabularium, major septa subequal, long, may almost reach axis, several series of outwardly declined dissepiments are developed peripheral to pipe of horseshoes, and outermost series of dissepiments may be narrow and flat, tabulae incomplete, subhorizontal, may be raised in axial zone.