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Synaptophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stauriina
Family:
Pycnostylidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Synaptophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 212
Type Species:
Diphyphyllum arundinaceum Billings, 1859b, p. 134, OD, †3602, GSC, Ottawa, lectotype by MCLAREN, 1959, p. 19
Images
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Fig. 76, 1a-d. *S. arundinaceum (Billings), lectotype, Bois Blanc F., Ont., 3 mi . W. of Cayuga, a, b, transv., c,d, long. secs., all X3 (McLaren, 1959)
Synonyms
=Placophyllum, ?Depasophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ont.-N.Y.-Wash.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Phaceloid, increase peripheral or axial, corallites long, slender, cylindrical, rarely connected by lateral projections from corallite walls, septa noncarinate, thin except in narrow peripheral stereozone, major septa short or extending nearly to axis, minor septa short, no dissepiments, tabulae complete, horizontal to distally arched and strongly deflected proximally near periphery
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Stauriina
Family:
Pycnostylidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Synaptophyllum SIMPSON, 1900, p. 212
Type Species:
Diphyphyllum arundinaceum Billings, 1859b, p. 134, OD, †3602, GSC, Ottawa, lectotype by MCLAREN, 1959, p. 19
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 76, 1a-d. *S. arundinaceum (Billings), lectotype, Bois Blanc F., Ont., 3 mi . W. of Cayuga, a, b, transv., c,d, long. secs., all X3 (McLaren, 1959)
Synonyms
=Placophyllum, ?Depasophyllum
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.(Ont.-N.Y.-Wash.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(Couvin.)
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Phaceloid, increase peripheral or axial, corallites long, slender, cylindrical, rarely connected by lateral projections from corallite walls, septa noncarinate, thin except in narrow peripheral stereozone, major septa short or extending nearly to axis, minor septa short, no dissepiments, tabulae complete, horizontal to distally arched and strongly deflected proximally near periphery
References
Simpson, G. B., 1900, Preliminary descriptions of new genera of Palaeozoic rugose corals: N.Y. State Mus., Bull., v. 8, no. 39, p. 199-222, textfig. 1-45.