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Thamnophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Columnariina
    Family:  
Phillipsastreidae
    Subfamily:  
Group 3
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Thamnophyllum PENECKE, 1894, p. 593
    Type Species:  
T. stachei, SD Lang & Smith, 1935, p. 564, †886, UG, Graz, lectotype by FLÜGEL, 1958, p. 625


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Fig. 185,3a-d. *T. stachei, M.Dev., Barrandei beds, Aus., a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.7,X1.3 (Lang& Smith, 1935), c,d, transv., long. secs., X3.9,X4.5 (Hill, n, BM(NH) R30991, R30994).


Synonyms

Phacellophyllum


Geographic Distribution

Australia(Vict.), M. Dev. (Eifel.), Eu. (Aus.-?France)-Asia (Urals)


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:  
L.Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Emsian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
394.3


Description

Dendroid or phaceloid, with axial increase, septa so dilated in dissepimentarium that only loculi are those enclosed by median series of small horseshoe dissepiments, septal trabeculae ?rhiphidacanths, in tabularium septa are attenuate and do not reach axis, tabulae typically transverse, flat or slightly domed or saucered, mostly complete and commonly widely spaced




References



Museum or Author Information

T, Lang & Smith, 1935