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Granularia
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Granularia POMEL, 1849, p. 333
Type Species:
Algacites granulatus von SCHLOTHEIM, 1822, p. 45, "OD"
Images
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Fig. 40,3a. G. sp. cf. G. arcuata Schimper, L.Tert.Alberese, Italy, X1.25 (Reis, 1909). -- Fig. 40,3b. G. lumbricoides (Heer), L.Tert. (Alberese), Italy, X1.25 (Reis, 1909)
Synonyms
Alcyonidiopsis
Geographic Distribution
Sil., Australia, M.Jur., Eng., Cret.-L.Tert., Eu. [Found in flysch deposits.].
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil., M.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Tert.
Ending International Stage:
Chattian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
23.04
Description
Elongated fillings of burrows; long, diameter up to about 15 mm, twig-shaped, with rather regular branching; walls originally lined with clay particles; burrows observed by SElLACHER (1962, p. 228) in flysch deposits of Spain which are up to several meters thick. [BATHER (1911, p. 555) wrote erroneously that "Granularia was established by POMEL (1847) with G. repanda as genotype"; POMEL described six "species" and he founded Granularia on Algacites granulatus, the same species on which BRONGNIART (1849) founded his "genus" Phymatoderma; for discussion of somewhat confused synonymy and nomenclature see also ROTHPLETZ (1896, p. 889).] [Found in flysch deposits.]
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Granularia POMEL, 1849, p. 333
Type Species:
Algacites granulatus von SCHLOTHEIM, 1822, p. 45, "OD"
Images
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Fig. 40,3a. G. sp. cf. G. arcuata Schimper, L.Tert.Alberese, Italy, X1.25 (Reis, 1909). -- Fig. 40,3b. G. lumbricoides (Heer), L.Tert. (Alberese), Italy, X1.25 (Reis, 1909)
Synonyms
Alcyonidiopsis
Geographic Distribution
Sil., Australia, M.Jur., Eng., Cret.-L.Tert., Eu. [Found in flysch deposits.].
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil., M.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Tert.
Ending International Stage:
Chattian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
23.04
Description
Elongated fillings of burrows; long, diameter up to about 15 mm, twig-shaped, with rather regular branching; walls originally lined with clay particles; burrows observed by SElLACHER (1962, p. 228) in flysch deposits of Spain which are up to several meters thick. [BATHER (1911, p. 555) wrote erroneously that "Granularia was established by POMEL (1847) with G. repanda as genotype"; POMEL described six "species" and he founded Granularia on Algacites granulatus, the same species on which BRONGNIART (1849) founded his "genus" Phymatoderma; for discussion of somewhat confused synonymy and nomenclature see also ROTHPLETZ (1896, p. 889).] [Found in flysch deposits.]