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Sumsarophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Streptelasmatina
    Family:  
Paliphyllidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sumsarophyllum LAVRUSEVICH, 1971c, p. 5
    Type Species:  
S. patella, OD, †133, coll. 1030, UpG, Dushanbe


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Fossil Image
Fig. 97,3a-c. *S. patella, holotype, low. Archalyk Beds, Zeravshan-Gissar Ra., right side R. Karasu, 2 km . W. of meridian of Sanglar crossing, a, c, transv., b, long. secs., all X1.5 (Lavrusevich, 1971c).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Asia(Tadz-hik.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sandbian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
458.18
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Ord.
    Ending International Stage:  
Hirnantian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
443.07


Description

Solitary, large, patellate, with very wide dissepimentarium, dissepiments very small and numerous, some horizontally based, septa very long, of fine trabeculae, alternation of major and minor septa unclear [suggesting septal structural modification, ct. Arachllophlyllum]; tabularium narrow, with axial structure of axial lobes granular in section and convex tabellae. [Insufficiently known; possibly arachnophyllinan.]




References



Museum or Author Information

Lavrusevich, 1971