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	Rotundocyathus
          
            Classification
            
                  Phylum:  
              
                Porifera              
            
            
                  Class:  
              
                Archaeocyatha              
            
            
                  Order:  
              
                Ajacicyathida              
            
            
                  Superfamily:  
              
                Bronchocyathoidea              
            
            
                  Family:  
              
                Ajacicyathidae              
            
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
                Rotundocyathus VOLOGDIN, 1960, p. 422              
            
            
                  Type Species:  
              
                R. rotaceus, OD; holotype, Vologdin, 1960, fig. 1zh, not located              
              
            
            Images
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                  Fig. 535, 3. *R. rotaceus, Verkhneynyrga Formation, Botoman, Lebed' River, Altay Mountains, Altay Sayan, Russia, holotype, transverse section, X1 (Vologdin, 1960)                
            
            
            Synonyms
            
              
                              
            
            
            Geographic Distribution
            
              
                Siberian Platform, Altay Sayan, Tuva, Mongolia, Transbaikalia, Far East, South China, Morocco, Iberia, France, Sardinia              
              
            
            Age Range
            
                  Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
                lower Cambrian (Atdabanian 2)              
            
            
                  Beginning International Stage:  
              
                Cambrian Stage 3              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
              
                18              
            
            
                  Beginning Date:  
              
                519.83              
            
            
                  Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
                lower Cambrian (Botomian 1)              
            
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
                Cambrian Stage 3              
            
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
                90              
            
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
                515.15              
              
            
            Description
            
              
                Inner wall with one row of simple pores per intersept, septa completely porous, pectinate tabulae may be present              
              
            
            
            References
            
              
                Vologdin, A. G. 1960. O rode Ajacicyathus Bedford et Bedford, 1939 i sem. Ajacicyathidae Bedford et Bedford, 1939 [On the genus Ajacicyathus Bedford et Bedford, 1939 and the fam. Ajacicyathidae Bedford et Bedford, 1939]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Doklady 130:421-424, 1 fig.              
            
            
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Classification
                  Phylum:  
              
            
                Porifera              
            
                  Class:  
              
            
                Archaeocyatha              
            
                  Order:  
              
            
                Ajacicyathida              
            
                  Superfamily:  
              
            
                Bronchocyathoidea              
            
                  Family:  
              
            
                Ajacicyathidae              
            
                  Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
              
            
                Rotundocyathus VOLOGDIN, 1960, p. 422              
            
                  Type Species:  
              
            
            
                R. rotaceus, OD; holotype, Vologdin, 1960, fig. 1zh, not located              
              Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
                  Fig. 535, 3. *R. rotaceus, Verkhneynyrga Formation, Botoman, Lebed' River, Altay Mountains, Altay Sayan, Russia, holotype, transverse section, X1 (Vologdin, 1960)                
            Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
                Siberian Platform, Altay Sayan, Tuva, Mongolia, Transbaikalia, Far East, South China, Morocco, Iberia, France, Sardinia              
              Age Range
                  Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
            
                lower Cambrian (Atdabanian 2)              
            
                  Beginning International Stage:  
              
            
                Cambrian Stage 3              
            
                  Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
              
            
                18              
            
                  Beginning Date:  
              
            
                519.83              
            
                  Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
              
            
                lower Cambrian (Botomian 1)              
            
                  Ending International Stage:  
              
            
                Cambrian Stage 3              
            
                  Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
              
            
                90              
            
                  Ending Date:  
              
            
            
                515.15              
              Description
                Inner wall with one row of simple pores per intersept, septa completely porous, pectinate tabulae may be present              
              References
                Vologdin, A. G. 1960. O rode Ajacicyathus Bedford et Bedford, 1939 i sem. Ajacicyathidae Bedford et Bedford, 1939 [On the genus Ajacicyathus Bedford et Bedford, 1939 and the fam. Ajacicyathidae Bedford et Bedford, 1939]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Doklady 130:421-424, 1 fig.