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Timania
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Caniniina
Family:
Bothrophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Timania SHTUKENBERG, 1895, p. 62
Type Species:
T. schmidti; M; t494-5, coli. 305, TsGM, Leningrad; lectotype by DOBROLYUBOVA, 1937, p. 22
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FIG. 227, 5. *T. schmidti, lectotype, Timan, R. Indiga; transv. sec., X 1.3 (Fedorowski, 1975).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Moscow Basin-Timan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Large, solitary; septa numerous, major septa of counter quadrants thinner and longer than others; fossula deepening and expanding adaxially, with cardinal and some counter metasepta curving more or less sharply toward it; other metasepta withdrawn somewhat from axis and radial or pinnate and somewhat convex toward long, thin counter septum; dissepimentarium wider in counter quadrants; minor septa withdrawn almost to periphery, leaving inosculating dissepiments; lonsdaleoid dissepiments absent or very sparse; tabulae subhorizontal with downturned edges, complete or with auxiliary tabellae peripherally; floor of fossula may be of small tabellae [see FEDOROWSKI, 1975, p. 31].
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Caniniina
Family:
Bothrophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Timania SHTUKENBERG, 1895, p. 62
Type Species:
T. schmidti; M; t494-5, coli. 305, TsGM, Leningrad; lectotype by DOBROLYUBOVA, 1937, p. 22
Images
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FIG. 227, 5. *T. schmidti, lectotype, Timan, R. Indiga; transv. sec., X 1.3 (Fedorowski, 1975).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Moscow Basin-Timan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Large, solitary; septa numerous, major septa of counter quadrants thinner and longer than others; fossula deepening and expanding adaxially, with cardinal and some counter metasepta curving more or less sharply toward it; other metasepta withdrawn somewhat from axis and radial or pinnate and somewhat convex toward long, thin counter septum; dissepimentarium wider in counter quadrants; minor septa withdrawn almost to periphery, leaving inosculating dissepiments; lonsdaleoid dissepiments absent or very sparse; tabulae subhorizontal with downturned edges, complete or with auxiliary tabellae peripherally; floor of fossula may be of small tabellae [see FEDOROWSKI, 1975, p. 31].