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Weissermelia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Weissermelia Lang, Smith, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 139, nom. mhst. Pro Ptilophyllum SMITH & TREMBERTH, 1927, p. 309, non Ptilophyllum GUERIN-MENEVILLE, 1845, an insect
Type Species:
Ptilophyllum lindströmi, OD, †R24356, BM(NH), London
Images
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Fig. 153,2a,b. *W. lindstroemi (SMITH & TREMBERTH); Hemse Gr., Gotl., Oestergarn; a,b, long., transv. secs., X2.4 (Hill, n; UQFI4015).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Gotl.-Podolia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Phaceloid, corallites slender, septa thin, carinate, major septa long, unequal, radial or slightly twirled, one, ?cardinal, reaching axis, tabulae incomplete, axially depressed, dissepimentarium wide, peripheral plates large, interseptal, horizontally based and flattened.
References
Three indispensable indexes of Paleozoic coral genera with relevant lists of publications are: Lang, Smith, \& Thomas, 1940; Flügel, 1970; and Ivanovskix, 1973, with supplement by Bogoyavlenskaya, 1976. For Rugosa only there are also Cotton, 1973, with Supplement I published in 1974 and Supplement II in 1976, and Ivanovskiy, 1976. References to senior homonyms that have been applied to organisms other than Paleozoic corals are not included in this list, but those dated before 1966 may be found in contracted form in S. A. Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus (1939-1975, $7 \mathrm{v} .$, Zoological Society, London). A list of full names of serials abbreviated below is to be found at the end of the Editorial Preface.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Weissermelia Lang, Smith, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 139, nom. mhst. Pro Ptilophyllum SMITH & TREMBERTH, 1927, p. 309, non Ptilophyllum GUERIN-MENEVILLE, 1845, an insect
Type Species:
Ptilophyllum lindströmi, OD, †R24356, BM(NH), London
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 153,2a,b. *W. lindstroemi (SMITH & TREMBERTH); Hemse Gr., Gotl., Oestergarn; a,b, long., transv. secs., X2.4 (Hill, n; UQFI4015).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Gotl.-Podolia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Phaceloid, corallites slender, septa thin, carinate, major septa long, unequal, radial or slightly twirled, one, ?cardinal, reaching axis, tabulae incomplete, axially depressed, dissepimentarium wide, peripheral plates large, interseptal, horizontally based and flattened.
References
Three indispensable indexes of Paleozoic coral genera with relevant lists of publications are: Lang, Smith, \& Thomas, 1940; Flügel, 1970; and Ivanovskix, 1973, with supplement by Bogoyavlenskaya, 1976. For Rugosa only there are also Cotton, 1973, with Supplement I published in 1974 and Supplement II in 1976, and Ivanovskiy, 1976. References to senior homonyms that have been applied to organisms other than Paleozoic corals are not included in this list, but those dated before 1966 may be found in contracted form in S. A. Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus (1939-1975, $7 \mathrm{v} .$, Zoological Society, London). A list of full names of serials abbreviated below is to be found at the end of the Editorial Preface.