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Wentzelellites
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lonsdaleiina
Family:
Waagenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Wentzelellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Wentzelellites WU, 1963, p. 501
Type Species:
Wentzelella salinaria var. sicula Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1954, p. 50, OD, +18831, Galltelly Coll., PIU, Modena
Images
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Fig. 276,2. *W. sicula (Montanaro-Gallitelli), syntype, Sosio Ls., Sicily, transv. sec., X4.0 (Mon-tanaro-Gallitelli, 1954).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Sicily)-Asia(SW.Iran-Pak.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm. (Pseudoschwagerina)
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.(Neoschwagerina Z.)
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Thamnasterioid or partly cerioid, with tertiary septa, axial column of thickened lamellae, median plate not always distinct, and axial tabellae, major septa thick in tabularium and in young offsets in dissepimentarium also, major septa as thin as minor and long tertiary septa in fine-textured peripheral parts of large, mature corallites, lonsdaleoid dissepiments absent or very rare, steep clinotabulae and narrow periaxial horizontal tabulae
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lonsdaleiina
Family:
Waagenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Wentzelellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Wentzelellites WU, 1963, p. 501
Type Species:
Wentzelella salinaria var. sicula Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1954, p. 50, OD, +18831, Galltelly Coll., PIU, Modena
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 276,2. *W. sicula (Montanaro-Gallitelli), syntype, Sosio Ls., Sicily, transv. sec., X4.0 (Mon-tanaro-Gallitelli, 1954).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Sicily)-Asia(SW.Iran-Pak.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm. (Pseudoschwagerina)
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.(Neoschwagerina Z.)
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Thamnasterioid or partly cerioid, with tertiary septa, axial column of thickened lamellae, median plate not always distinct, and axial tabellae, major septa thick in tabularium and in young offsets in dissepimentarium also, major septa as thin as minor and long tertiary septa in fine-textured peripheral parts of large, mature corallites, lonsdaleoid dissepiments absent or very rare, steep clinotabulae and narrow periaxial horizontal tabulae