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Lichenalia
Classification
Phylum:
Bryozoa
Subphylum:
Ectoprocta
Class:
Gymnolaemata
Order:
Cystoporata
Suborder:
Fistuliporina
Family:
Rhinoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lichenalia Hall in Silliman, Silliman, & DANA, 1851, p. 401
Type Species:
L. concentrica HALL, 1852, p. 171, SM, Rochester Sh., M. Sil., Lockport, N.Y., USA
Images
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Fig. 192,2a-c. "'L. concentrica; a, autozooecia elevated above large blisterlike vesicles, long. sec., topotype, USNM 159817, x20, b, thin laminated basal layer (below), recumbent autozooecia with distal spur in endozone, thin diaphragm, large laminated vesicles, long. sec., topotype, USNM 159816, x30, c, elongate autozooecia isolated by vesicular tissue and tunnel (filled with clear calcite), tang. sec., topotype, USNM 159816, x30"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
M.Sil., E.N.Am., Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Zoarium encrusting, Lunaria highly elevated, Autozooecia with long recumbent portion on laminated basal layer, walls thin, laminated, Diaphragms few, Lunaria hyaline, variable in size and shape, Large blister- to boxlike vesicles in outer endozone and exozone, partly isolating autozooecia, thick, laminated roofs with indistinct tubuli.
References
Silliman, Benjamin, Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., & Dana, J. D., 1851, New genera of fossil corals from the report of James Hall, on the paleontology of New York: Am. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, v. 11, p. 398401.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Bryozoa
Subphylum:
Ectoprocta
Class:
Gymnolaemata
Order:
Cystoporata
Suborder:
Fistuliporina
Family:
Rhinoporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lichenalia Hall in Silliman, Silliman, & DANA, 1851, p. 401
Type Species:
L. concentrica HALL, 1852, p. 171, SM, Rochester Sh., M. Sil., Lockport, N.Y., USA
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 192,2a-c. "'L. concentrica; a, autozooecia elevated above large blisterlike vesicles, long. sec., topotype, USNM 159817, x20, b, thin laminated basal layer (below), recumbent autozooecia with distal spur in endozone, thin diaphragm, large laminated vesicles, long. sec., topotype, USNM 159816, x30, c, elongate autozooecia isolated by vesicular tissue and tunnel (filled with clear calcite), tang. sec., topotype, USNM 159816, x30"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
M.Sil., E.N.Am., Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Zoarium encrusting, Lunaria highly elevated, Autozooecia with long recumbent portion on laminated basal layer, walls thin, laminated, Diaphragms few, Lunaria hyaline, variable in size and shape, Large blister- to boxlike vesicles in outer endozone and exozone, partly isolating autozooecia, thick, laminated roofs with indistinct tubuli.
References
Silliman, Benjamin, Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., & Dana, J. D., 1851, New genera of fossil corals from the report of James Hall, on the paleontology of New York: Am. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, v. 11, p. 398401.