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Clathrodictyella
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Amphiporida
Family:
Amphiporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clathrodictyella BOGOYAVLENSKAYA, 1965a, p. 42
Type Species:
Amphipora turkestanica LESSOVAJA, 1962, p. 117, OD, holotype, GMU 46/489
Images
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Fig. 477a-b. *C. turkestanica (LessOVAJA), holotype, GMU 46/489, Bankovyi horizon, eastern slope of Urals, axial and transverse sections, X10 (Stearn, 2011b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Russia (eastern Urals), Uzbekistan (Tien Shan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Ludlow)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Ludlow)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Similar to Amphipora in axial canal and peripheral sheaths, but in axial section, structural elements are gently arched, crumpled laminae or cysts, arranged in parabolic series transverse to axial canal.
References
Bogoyavlenskaya, O. V. 1965a. Predstaviteli stromatopor iz Clathrodictyidae i Actinostromatidae v silure i devone Urala [Representatives of stromatoporoids Clathrodictyidae and Actinostromatidae from the Silurian and Devonian of the Urals]. Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal 1965 (1):39-43, pl. 1, 1 table.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Amphiporida
Family:
Amphiporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Clathrodictyella BOGOYAVLENSKAYA, 1965a, p. 42
Type Species:
Amphipora turkestanica LESSOVAJA, 1962, p. 117, OD, holotype, GMU 46/489
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 477a-b. *C. turkestanica (LessOVAJA), holotype, GMU 46/489, Bankovyi horizon, eastern slope of Urals, axial and transverse sections, X10 (Stearn, 2011b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Russia (eastern Urals), Uzbekistan (Tien Shan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Ludlow)
Beginning International Stage:
Gorstian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
426.74
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Silurian (Ludlow)
Ending International Stage:
Ludfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
422.73
Description
Similar to Amphipora in axial canal and peripheral sheaths, but in axial section, structural elements are gently arched, crumpled laminae or cysts, arranged in parabolic series transverse to axial canal.
References
Bogoyavlenskaya, O. V. 1965a. Predstaviteli stromatopor iz Clathrodictyidae i Actinostromatidae v silure i devone Urala [Representatives of stromatoporoids Clathrodictyidae and Actinostromatidae from the Silurian and Devonian of the Urals]. Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal 1965 (1):39-43, pl. 1, 1 table.