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Trupetostroma
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Syringostromatidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Trupetostroma PARKS, 1936
Type Species:
T. warreni
Images
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Fig. 107,1. *T. warreni, Dev., NW.Can.; 1a,b, long. and tang. sees., X10 (51*). -- Fig. 98,1. T. tenuilamellatum LECOMPTE, U.Dev.(L.Frasn.), Belg.; 1a,b, tang. and long. sees., X3, X12 (49*); also FIG. 102,2. -- Fig. 98,3. T. ruedemanni LECOMPTE, U.Dev.(L.Frasn.), Belg.; long. sec., X12 (49*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Compact lamellae pierced by circular pores corresponding to chambers and marking evolutionary tendency toward thickening, strong pillars superposed, vertical tabulated chambers very well developed, connected with astrorhizae. Cellules of skeletal elements tend toward marginal localization. Astrorhizae prominent (27).
References
Parks, W. A., 1936, Devonian stromatoporoids of North America: Univ. Toronto Studies, Geol. Ser., no. 39,125 p., 19 pl.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hydrozoa
Order:
Stromatoporoidea
Family:
Syringostromatidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Trupetostroma PARKS, 1936
Type Species:
T. warreni
Images
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Fig. 107,1. *T. warreni, Dev., NW.Can.; 1a,b, long. and tang. sees., X10 (51*). -- Fig. 98,1. T. tenuilamellatum LECOMPTE, U.Dev.(L.Frasn.), Belg.; 1a,b, tang. and long. sees., X3, X12 (49*); also FIG. 102,2. -- Fig. 98,3. T. ruedemanni LECOMPTE, U.Dev.(L.Frasn.), Belg.; long. sec., X12 (49*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Compact lamellae pierced by circular pores corresponding to chambers and marking evolutionary tendency toward thickening, strong pillars superposed, vertical tabulated chambers very well developed, connected with astrorhizae. Cellules of skeletal elements tend toward marginal localization. Astrorhizae prominent (27).
References
Parks, W. A., 1936, Devonian stromatoporoids of North America: Univ. Toronto Studies, Geol. Ser., no. 39,125 p., 19 pl.