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Dekayia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Bryozoa
    Subphylum:  
Ectoprocta
    Class:  
Gymnolaemata
    Order:  
Trepostomata
    Suborder:  
Amalgamata
    Family:  
Heterotrypidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Dekayia M.EDW.-H., 1851
    Type Species:  
* D. aspera


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Fig. 60, 1. *D. aspera, Maysv., Ohio, 1 a, long. sec., 1 b, tang. sec. near surface, 1c, tang. sec. well below surface, all x20 (1a, c, 131, 1b, 222).


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Geographic Distribution



Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tremadocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
486.85
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Ord.
    Ending International Stage:  
Hirnantian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
443.07


Description

Ramose. Mesopores and diaphragms practically absent, acanthopores large.




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