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Tubiphytes
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Microproblematica
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tubiphytes MASLOV, 1956, p. 82
Type Species:
*T. obscurus, M
Images
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Fig. 100,2. T. sp. (=Nigriporella), L.Perm.(Zinnar F.), Iraq(Mosul Liwa), 2a,b, thin section, ×30, ×21 (Elliott, 1962)
Synonyms
Nigriporella
Geographic Distribution
Carb., USA, Perm., Eu.(Aus.)-USA (Texas-N.Mexico-Wash.)-Asia (SE.Arabia-N.Iraq-USSR-Afghan.-Burma-S.China-Japan)-C.Am.(Guatem.)-N.Am.(Mexico)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb., Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb., Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Pear- or quince-shaped symmetrical ovoid bodies, composed of fibrous calcareous material; outer margins sharply delimited, usually with 1 or 2 small circular inclusions suggesting an initial tube or vacuole. Rock-forming organism in Permian of USSR. [Systematic position questionable; described by MASLOV as alga; interpreted by RIGBY as hydrozoan.]
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Microproblematica
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tubiphytes MASLOV, 1956, p. 82
Type Species:
*T. obscurus, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 100,2. T. sp. (=Nigriporella), L.Perm.(Zinnar F.), Iraq(Mosul Liwa), 2a,b, thin section, ×30, ×21 (Elliott, 1962)
Synonyms
Nigriporella
Geographic Distribution
Carb., USA, Perm., Eu.(Aus.)-USA (Texas-N.Mexico-Wash.)-Asia (SE.Arabia-N.Iraq-USSR-Afghan.-Burma-S.China-Japan)-C.Am.(Guatem.)-N.Am.(Mexico)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb., Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carb., Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
298.89
Description
Pear- or quince-shaped symmetrical ovoid bodies, composed of fibrous calcareous material; outer margins sharply delimited, usually with 1 or 2 small circular inclusions suggesting an initial tube or vacuole. Rock-forming organism in Permian of USSR. [Systematic position questionable; described by MASLOV as alga; interpreted by RIGBY as hydrozoan.]