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Dictyocyathus
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Archaeocyatha
Order:
Archaeocyathida
Suborder:
Archaeocyathina
Superfamily:
Dictyocyathoidea
Family:
Dictyocyathidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyocyathus BORNEMANN, 1891a, p. 500
Type Species:
D. tenerrimus, M, lectotype, Bornemann, 1891a, pl. 42, 5, pl. 43, 4-6, SD Debrenne, 1964, p. 200, not located, =Coscinocyathus verticillus Bornemann, 1886, p. 65, lectotype, Bornemann, 1886, pl. 15, 3 g, Debrenne, 1964, pl. 34, 5, SD DEBRENNE, 1964, p. 205, GML 899c, Halle
Images
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Fig. 621,1a–b. *D. verticillus (Bornemann), Matoppa Formation, Botoman, Cuccuru Contu, Sardinia, Italy; a, topotype, MNHN M84248, specimen CCC 9-1a, oblique longitudinal section, X6 (Debrenne, Zhuravlev, & Kruse, 2002); b, lectotype, GML 899c, transverse section, X6 (Debrenne, 1964).
Synonyms
Prismocyathus, Spongiosicyathus, Prismocyathellus, Prismocyathus
Geographic Distribution
Siberian Platform, Kolyma, Altay Sayan, Tuva, Mongolia, Far East, Kazakhstan, South China, Morocco, Iberia, Sardinia, Germany, Tommotian 2–Botomian 1; Antarctica, Guzhangian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Cambrian (Tommotian 2)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 2
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
63
Beginning Date:
523.96
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
middle Cambrian (Guzhangian)
Ending International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
497
Description
Outer wall basic, inner wall with one row of simple pores per intersept, dictyonal network
References
Bornemann, J. G. 1891a. Die Versteinerungen des cambrischen Schichtensystem der Insel Sardinien. Zweite Abteilung. Nachschrift, III. Archaeocyathinae. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 56 (1):495-500 (71-76), pl. 42-43.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Archaeocyatha
Order:
Archaeocyathida
Suborder:
Archaeocyathina
Superfamily:
Dictyocyathoidea
Family:
Dictyocyathidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dictyocyathus BORNEMANN, 1891a, p. 500
Type Species:
D. tenerrimus, M, lectotype, Bornemann, 1891a, pl. 42, 5, pl. 43, 4-6, SD Debrenne, 1964, p. 200, not located, =Coscinocyathus verticillus Bornemann, 1886, p. 65, lectotype, Bornemann, 1886, pl. 15, 3 g, Debrenne, 1964, pl. 34, 5, SD DEBRENNE, 1964, p. 205, GML 899c, Halle
Images
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Fig. 621,1a–b. *D. verticillus (Bornemann), Matoppa Formation, Botoman, Cuccuru Contu, Sardinia, Italy; a, topotype, MNHN M84248, specimen CCC 9-1a, oblique longitudinal section, X6 (Debrenne, Zhuravlev, & Kruse, 2002); b, lectotype, GML 899c, transverse section, X6 (Debrenne, 1964).
Synonyms
Prismocyathus, Spongiosicyathus, Prismocyathellus, Prismocyathus
Geographic Distribution
Siberian Platform, Kolyma, Altay Sayan, Tuva, Mongolia, Far East, Kazakhstan, South China, Morocco, Iberia, Sardinia, Germany, Tommotian 2–Botomian 1; Antarctica, Guzhangian
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Cambrian (Tommotian 2)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 2
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
63
Beginning Date:
523.96
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
middle Cambrian (Guzhangian)
Ending International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
497
Description
Outer wall basic, inner wall with one row of simple pores per intersept, dictyonal network
References
Bornemann, J. G. 1891a. Die Versteinerungen des cambrischen Schichtensystem der Insel Sardinien. Zweite Abteilung. Nachschrift, III. Archaeocyathinae. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 56 (1):495-500 (71-76), pl. 42-43.