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Tienodictyon
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Clathrodictyida
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Tienodictyidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tienodictyon Yabe & SUGIYAMA, 1941b, p. 139
Type Species:
T. zonatum, OD, holotype TUM 65229
Images
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Fig. 421, 1a-b. { }^{*} T. zonatum, Middle Devonian, Nanshan, Paichiaying, eastern Yunnan, China, holotype TUM 65229, oblique longitudinal and tangential sections, x10 (Nestor, 2011).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia (northern Queensland), Russia (northeastern Siberia), Canada (Northwest Territories), China (Yunnan), Russia (eastern Urals, Kuznetsk Basin, Salair), Czech Republic (Moravia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Growth form domical, structure laminate, laminae planar, interlaminar space divided into two zones, longitudinal skeletal elements in lower zone very irregular, connected with processes into tangled network, in upper zone, isolated pillars occur, circular in cross section, galleries irregular, dissepiments abundant in upper zone, astrorhizae indistinct
References
Yabe, Hisakatsu, & Toshio Sugiyama. 1941b. Tienodictyon zonatum, a new stromatoporoid from Eastern Yunnan, China. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo 17:139-141, 6 fig.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Stromatoporoidea
Order:
Clathrodictyida
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Tienodictyidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tienodictyon Yabe & SUGIYAMA, 1941b, p. 139
Type Species:
T. zonatum, OD, holotype TUM 65229
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 421, 1a-b. { }^{*} T. zonatum, Middle Devonian, Nanshan, Paichiaying, eastern Yunnan, China, holotype TUM 65229, oblique longitudinal and tangential sections, x10 (Nestor, 2011).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Australia (northern Queensland), Russia (northeastern Siberia), Canada (Northwest Territories), China (Yunnan), Russia (eastern Urals, Kuznetsk Basin, Salair), Czech Republic (Moravia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Devonian
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Devonian (Frasnian)
Ending International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
371.1
Description
Growth form domical, structure laminate, laminae planar, interlaminar space divided into two zones, longitudinal skeletal elements in lower zone very irregular, connected with processes into tangled network, in upper zone, isolated pillars occur, circular in cross section, galleries irregular, dissepiments abundant in upper zone, astrorhizae indistinct
References
Yabe, Hisakatsu, & Toshio Sugiyama. 1941b. Tienodictyon zonatum, a new stromatoporoid from Eastern Yunnan, China. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo 17:139-141, 6 fig.