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Zaphrentoides

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Stereolasmatina
    Family:  
Zaphrentoididae
    Subfamily:  
Zaphrentoidinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Zaphrentoides SHTUKENBERG, 1895, p. 38
    Type Species:  
Zaphrentis griffithi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851, p. 333, SD SCHINDEWOLF, 1938, p. 449, †Z20a, Milne-Edwards & Haime Coll., MN, Paris, only specimen known


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Fossil Image
Fig. 208,1a-d. Z. griffithi (Milne-Edwards& Haime), holotype, Eng., "Clifton", a,b, side, calical views, approx. X1 (Milne-Edwards& Haime, 1852), c, transv. peel, X2, d, calical view, X1 (Easton, 1975).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Eng.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.(Visean.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
346.73
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Carb.(Visean.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
330.34


Description

Turbinate, slightly curved, solitary, fossula on convex side, deep, long, extending beyond axis, greatest width in calice midway to axis and enclosing somewhat shortened cardinal septum, alar fossula midside peripherally, major septa long, somewhat flexuous, unequal, axial ends may unite in pairs, minor septa short, no dissepiments [EASTON, 1975, p. 679]




References



Museum or Author Information

Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1852, Easton, 1975