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Streptelasmidae
Taxonomy
Streptelasmidae was named by Nicholson (1889).
It was corrected as Streptelasmatidae by Hill (1953), Hill (1956), Kaljo (1958), Merriam (1972), Merriam (1974), Elias (1981), Elias (1985) and Neuman (2003).
It was assigned to Rugosa by Kaljo (1958); to Rugosa by Hill (1953), Merriam (1972) and Merriam (1974); to Zaphrenticae by Hill (1956) and Elias (1981); and to Streptelasmatina by Elias (1985) and Neuman (2003).
It was corrected as Streptelasmatidae by Hill (1953), Hill (1956), Kaljo (1958), Merriam (1972), Merriam (1974), Elias (1981), Elias (1985) and Neuman (2003).
It was assigned to Rugosa by Kaljo (1958); to Rugosa by Hill (1953), Merriam (1972) and Merriam (1974); to Zaphrenticae by Hill (1956) and Elias (1981); and to Streptelasmatina by Elias (1985) and Neuman (2003).
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. W. Merriam 1972 | Solitary rugose corals with wedge-tapering lamellar major septa, short to very short minor septa, and a well-developed septal stereozone. Septa thickened ontogenetically to later neanic growth stage and laterally in contact, thereafter thinning progressively from axis toward periphery. Tabulae and tabellae irregularly arched, obscured by stereoplasmic thickenings. No dissepiments. Fossula weak or lacking |