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	Ramifer
          
            Classification
            
                  Phylum:  
              
                Porifera              
            
            
                  Class:  
              
                Cribricyathia              
            
            
                  Order:  
              
                Vologdinophyllida              
            
            
                  Superfamily:  
              
                Vologdinophylloidea              
            
            
                  Family:  
              
                Leibaellidae              
            
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
                Ramifer JANKAUSKAS, 1969, p. 136              
            
            
                  Type Species:  
              
                R. giratus, OD; holotype, JanKAusKAs, 1965, fig. 1(1), JanKAusKAs, 1969, fig. 12, pl. 43,3, collection 5, thin section 265, specimen 2, TPI, Tomsk              
              
            
            Images
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                  Fig. 663, 5a-c. * R. giratus, Ungut Formation, Atdabanian, Mana River, East Sayan, Altay Sayan, Russia, a, paratype, TPI collection 5, thin section 261, specimen 5, transverse section, X20, b, paratype, TPI collection 5 , thin section 261 , specimen 8 , transverse section, X20, c, holotype, TPI collection 5 , thin section 265, specimen 2 , longitudinal section, X20 (Jankauskas, 1969).                
            
            
            Synonyms
            
              
                Ramifer              
            
            
            Geographic Distribution
            
              
                Altay Sayan, Mongolia              
              
            
            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:  
              
                lower Cambrian (Atdabanian 4)              
            
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
                Cambrian Stage 3              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
                75              
            
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
                516.13              
              
            
            Description
            
              
                Transverse section circular to elliptical, peripterates well developed, open externally              
              
            
            
            References
            
              
                Jankauskas, T. V. 1969. Pterotsiatidy nizhnego kembriya Krasnoyarskogo kryazha (Vostochnyy Sayan) [Pterocyathids from the Lower Cambrian of the Krasnoyarsk Range (East Sayan)]. In I. T. Zhuravleva, ed., Biostratigrafiya i Paleontologiya Nizhnego Kembriya Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka [Lower Cambrian Biostratigraphy and Paleontology of Siberia and the Far East]. Nauka. Moscow. p. 114-157, 29 fig., pl. 43-50.              
            
            
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Classification
                  Phylum:  
              
            
                Porifera              
            
                  Class:  
              
            
                Cribricyathia              
            
                  Order:  
              
            
                Vologdinophyllida              
            
                  Superfamily:  
              
            
                Vologdinophylloidea              
            
                  Family:  
              
            
                Leibaellidae              
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
            
                Ramifer JANKAUSKAS, 1969, p. 136              
            
                  Type Species:  
              
            
            
                R. giratus, OD; holotype, JanKAusKAs, 1965, fig. 1(1), JanKAusKAs, 1969, fig. 12, pl. 43,3, collection 5, thin section 265, specimen 2, TPI, Tomsk              
              Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
                  Fig. 663, 5a-c. * R. giratus, Ungut Formation, Atdabanian, Mana River, East Sayan, Altay Sayan, Russia, a, paratype, TPI collection 5, thin section 261, specimen 5, transverse section, X20, b, paratype, TPI collection 5 , thin section 261 , specimen 8 , transverse section, X20, c, holotype, TPI collection 5 , thin section 265, specimen 2 , longitudinal section, X20 (Jankauskas, 1969).                
            Synonyms
                Ramifer              
            Geographic Distribution
                Altay Sayan, Mongolia              
              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:  
              
            
                lower Cambrian (Atdabanian 4)              
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
            
                Cambrian Stage 3              
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
            
                75              
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
            
            
                516.13              
              Description
                Transverse section circular to elliptical, peripterates well developed, open externally              
              References
                Jankauskas, T. V. 1969. Pterotsiatidy nizhnego kembriya Krasnoyarskogo kryazha (Vostochnyy Sayan) [Pterocyathids from the Lower Cambrian of the Krasnoyarsk Range (East Sayan)]. In I. T. Zhuravleva, ed., Biostratigrafiya i Paleontologiya Nizhnego Kembriya Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka [Lower Cambrian Biostratigraphy and Paleontology of Siberia and the Far East]. Nauka. Moscow. p. 114-157, 29 fig., pl. 43-50.              
            