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Cyathophylloides

Cyathophylloides stellata
MUGM 5428
scale bar is 0.5 mm

Note presence of septa that extend to center of corallites

Species

Cyathophylloides cf. C. burksae Flower, 1961
Occurrence: Whitewater
Reference: Browne, 1965
Polygonal corallites commonly 3.5 to 4 mm across, up to 5 mm, 10-14 major septa

Cyathophylloides crenulata Flower, 1961
Occurrence: Whitewater
Reference: Browne, 1965
Polygonal corallites averaging 6 mm in diameter, 12-14 major septa

Cyathophylloides magister (Bassler, 1950)
Occurrence: Whitewater
Reference: Browne, 1965
Polygonal corallites ranging from 6-9 mm in diameter, averaging 7 mm, 12-14 major septa

Cyathophylloides stellata (Hall, 1847)
Occurrence: Waynesville, Liberty, Whitewater, Elkhorn, Otter Creek Coral Bed
Reference: Browne, 1965
Simmons and Oliver, 1967 argue for the continued use of Favistina (=Favistella of authors) stellata; includes Columnaria alveolata
Polygonal corallites commonly 5 mm across, 12-14 major septa

Cyathophylloides wellsi Browne, 1965
Occurrence: Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, Elkhorn
Reference: Browne, 1965

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