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Bifariostroma
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Actinostromatida
Family:
Actinostromatidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bifariostroma KHALFINA, 1968a, p. 149
Type Species:
Actinostroma bifarium NICHOLSON, 1886b, p. 231, OD
Images
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Fig. 426, 1 a-b. *B. bifarium (Nicholson), lectotype, Givetian, Büchel bei Bensberg, PaffrathMulde, Germany, NHM P5639, a, longitudinal section, Nicholson slide 165c, apparent cellules in pillars and some colliculi represent diagenetic alteration of original compact microstructure, b, tangential section, Nicholson slide 165b, hexactinellid pattern best developed in center to lower center of figure, X10 (Stock, 2012).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Austria, Spain, Emsian, Italy, Middle Devonian, Belgium, Spain, Uzbekistan, Eifelian, Belgium, China (Guangxi, Sichuan), Czech Republic, France, Poland, Germany, Givetian, Afghanistan, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia (Timan), Frasnian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Pillars mix of two types, some long, continuous, and thick, others short and thin, colliculi horizontally aligned
References
Khalfina, V. K. 1968a. O novykh rodakh stromatoporoidei iz devonskikh otlozhenii IUZ okrainy
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Actinostromatida
Family:
Actinostromatidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bifariostroma KHALFINA, 1968a, p. 149
Type Species:
Actinostroma bifarium NICHOLSON, 1886b, p. 231, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 426, 1 a-b. *B. bifarium (Nicholson), lectotype, Givetian, Büchel bei Bensberg, PaffrathMulde, Germany, NHM P5639, a, longitudinal section, Nicholson slide 165c, apparent cellules in pillars and some colliculi represent diagenetic alteration of original compact microstructure, b, tangential section, Nicholson slide 165b, hexactinellid pattern best developed in center to lower center of figure, X10 (Stock, 2012).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Austria, Spain, Emsian, Italy, Middle Devonian, Belgium, Spain, Uzbekistan, Eifelian, Belgium, China (Guangxi, Sichuan), Czech Republic, France, Poland, Germany, Givetian, Afghanistan, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia (Timan), Frasnian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Beginning International Stage:
Emsian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
410.51
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Pillars mix of two types, some long, continuous, and thick, others short and thin, colliculi horizontally aligned
References
Khalfina, V. K. 1968a. O novykh rodakh stromatoporoidei iz devonskikh otlozhenii IUZ okrainy