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Sunophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Stringophyllidae?
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sunophyllum WANG, 1948, p. 23
Type Species:
S. typicum, OD, †43187-8, GSGI, Peking
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Fig. 157,3a,b. *S. typicum, holotype, mid. M.Dev., Kweichow, 2 km . S. of Silung, a, b, transv., long. secs., X1.5 (Wang, 1948)
Synonyms
Sunophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Yunnan-Kweichow)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, small, major septa long, thickened, biradial to pinnate in arrangement and reaching or almost reaching axis, trabeculae coarse, compound, in tabularium discrete and straight, directed adaxially upward, minor septa not extended beyond thin outer wall, dissepiments small, tabularial floors subconical with upturned edges, of thin tabellae
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Stringophyllidae?
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sunophyllum WANG, 1948, p. 23
Type Species:
S. typicum, OD, †43187-8, GSGI, Peking
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 157,3a,b. *S. typicum, holotype, mid. M.Dev., Kweichow, 2 km . S. of Silung, a, b, transv., long. secs., X1.5 (Wang, 1948)
Synonyms
Sunophyllum
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Yunnan-Kweichow)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Solitary, small, major septa long, thickened, biradial to pinnate in arrangement and reaching or almost reaching axis, trabeculae coarse, compound, in tabularium discrete and straight, directed adaxially upward, minor septa not extended beyond thin outer wall, dissepiments small, tabularial floors subconical with upturned edges, of thin tabellae