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Protopharetra
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Archaeocyatha
Order:
Archaeocyathida
Superfamily:
Archaeocyathoidea
Family:
Archaeopharetridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Protopharetra BORNEMANN, 1884, p. 705
Type Species:
P. polymorpha Bornemann, 1886, p. 46, SD Simon, 1939, p. 34, lectotype, Bornemann, 1886, pl. 5, fig. 4 bottom, SD SIMON, 1939, p. 35, not located, topotypes, MNHN M84120, specimens CGR3/3, GLA3.3, GLC10.II.1b, Paris
Images
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Fig. 628a-c. * P. polymorpha, Matoppa Formation, Botoman, Canal Grande, Sardinia, Italy, a, topotype, MNHN M84120, transverse section of modular skeleton, X3 (Debrenne, Zhuravlev, & Kruse, 2002), b, lectotype, transverse section, X3 (Bornemann, 1886), c, topotype, MNHN M84120, detail of outer wall in tangential section, X7 (Debrenne, Zhuravlev, & Kruse, 2002).
Synonyms
Volvacyathus
Geographic Distribution
Altay Sayan, Tuva, Far East, Tajikistan, Canada, United States, Morocco, Iberia, France, Sardinia, Germany
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Cambrian (Atdabanian 1)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Cambrian (Botomian 3)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
25
Ending Date:
513.13
Description
Inner wall with one row of simple pores per intersept, taeniae coarsely porous, linked by rare synapticulae
References
Bornemann, J. G. 1884. Bericht über die Fortsetzung seiner Untersuchungen cambrischer Archaeocyathus: Formen und verwandter Organismen von der Insel Sardinien. Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Zeitschrift 36:702-706.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Archaeocyatha
Order:
Archaeocyathida
Superfamily:
Archaeocyathoidea
Family:
Archaeopharetridae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Protopharetra BORNEMANN, 1884, p. 705
Type Species:
P. polymorpha Bornemann, 1886, p. 46, SD Simon, 1939, p. 34, lectotype, Bornemann, 1886, pl. 5, fig. 4 bottom, SD SIMON, 1939, p. 35, not located, topotypes, MNHN M84120, specimens CGR3/3, GLA3.3, GLC10.II.1b, Paris
Images
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Fig. 628a-c. * P. polymorpha, Matoppa Formation, Botoman, Canal Grande, Sardinia, Italy, a, topotype, MNHN M84120, transverse section of modular skeleton, X3 (Debrenne, Zhuravlev, & Kruse, 2002), b, lectotype, transverse section, X3 (Bornemann, 1886), c, topotype, MNHN M84120, detail of outer wall in tangential section, X7 (Debrenne, Zhuravlev, & Kruse, 2002).
Synonyms
Volvacyathus
Geographic Distribution
Altay Sayan, Tuva, Far East, Tajikistan, Canada, United States, Morocco, Iberia, France, Sardinia, Germany
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Cambrian (Atdabanian 1)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Cambrian (Botomian 3)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
25
Ending Date:
513.13
Description
Inner wall with one row of simple pores per intersept, taeniae coarsely porous, linked by rare synapticulae
References
Bornemann, J. G. 1884. Bericht über die Fortsetzung seiner Untersuchungen cambrischer Archaeocyathus: Formen und verwandter Organismen von der Insel Sardinien. Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Zeitschrift 36:702-706.