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Aulopora annectens (Clarke, 1885)

Aulopora annectens
Aulopora annectens

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Auloporida
Family: Auloporidae
Genus: Aulopora
Species: Aulopora annectens (Clarke, 1885)

Information

Geological Range

Middle Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Wisconsin

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Milwaukee Formation
Lindwurm Member

References

Clarke (1885): p. 63 Cleland (1911): pp. 33, 34 Gass et al. (2019): p. 42, fig. 29.

Remarks

From Clarke (1885): “Polyp-cells scattered at nearly equal intervals along it. The sclerenchyma is flattened and the polyp-cells evenly sessile, opening directly from the base of the polyzoarium. Polyp-cells shallow,and with a number of deep striations on the inner surface making pseudosepta.”

Online Resources

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Media

Images

Photograph of fossil of Aulopora annectens encrusted on Strophodonta halli
Aulopora annectens from the Milwaukee Fm. (Lindwurm Mbr.) of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (MPM P28744).

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