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Zelophyllum

Classification

    Phylum:  
Cnidaria
    Class:  
Anthozoa
    Subclass:  
Rugosa
    Order:  
Stauriida
    Suborder:  
Stauriina
    Family:  
Pycnostylidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Zelophyllum WEDEKIND, 1927, p. 34
    Type Species:  
Z. intermedium, OD, †10207, 10208, 10209 (thin sections), SM, Frankfurt


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Fig.77,1a,b. *Z. intermedium, holotype, Reef Ls., Gotl., Hiigklint; a,b, transv., long. sees., X2 (Hill, n; photographs courtesy R. Birenheide, 10207,10209, SM, Frankfurt).


Synonyms

Synamplexus


Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Gotl.-Podolia)-Asia (Urals-Altay-?Szechwan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Sil.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Sheinwoodian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
432.93
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Sil.
    Ending International Stage:  
Pridoli
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
419


Description

Fasciculate, increase lateral, major and minor septa short, subequal, thick and contiguous, forming narrow peripheral stereozone from which their nondentate axial edges project but slightly; without dissepiments; tabulae complete, thin, subhorizontal.




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