Archaeolynthus

Archaeolynthus TAYLOR, 1910

Specimen-type: Monocyathus porosus R. BEDFORD& W. R. BEDFORD, 1934, p. 2 fig.1

Systematics:
Order: MONOCYATHIDA Okulitch, 1935
Family: MONOCYATHIDAE R. Bedford& W. R. Bedford, 1934

Archaeolynthus Archaeolynthus porosus (R. BEDFORD & W. R. BEDFORD) lectotype NHM S4140 Botoman, Ajax Mine, Australia, External longitudinal view of cup (DEBRENNE, A. ZHURAVLEV & KRUSE, 2002)

Archaeolynthus Archaeolynthus porosus (R. BEDFORD & W. R. BEDFORD) lectotype NHM S4140 Botoman, Ajax Mine, Australia, Detail of porosity in external tangential view (DEBRENNE, 1974b)

Archaeolynthus Archaeolynthus porosus (R. BEDFORD & W. R. BEDFORD) lectotype NHM S4140 Botoman, Ajax Mine, Australia, Detail of porosity in external tangential view (by M. DEBRENNE)

Archaeolynthus Archaeolynthus porosus (R. BEDFORD & W. R. BEDFORD) lectotype NHM S4140 Botoman, Ajax Mine, Australia, External view (by M. DEBRENNE)

Outer wall

• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
• Type of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Simple
• Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
• Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Regular repartition
• Repartition types of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Straight rows of pores
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (OW/SW) : No vertical intervallar element
• Carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Stipules : None
• Type of morphological tubes (OW/SW) : None
• Additional sheath : None

Inner wall

• Stipules : None
• Carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : None (perforation and/or inner wall)
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : None (external plates and/or inner wall)
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None

Intervallum

• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none

Others informations

• Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 1
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Type of modularity : Branching by longitudinal subdivisions ; Catenulate
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
• Thorny corolla : None
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None
• Stratigraphical extension : Tommotian ; Atdabanian ; Botoman
• Tommotian : 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4
• Atdabanian : 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4
• Botoman : 1 ; 2 ; 3
• Geographical repartition : Antarctica ; Australia ; Europe ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Russia
• Europe : Iberia
• Russia : Altay Sayan ; Far East ; Siberian Platform ; Transbaikal ; Tuva

Systematic

• Orders : Monocyathida
• Famillies inside the Monocyathida : Monocyathidae

External view

• Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Type of modularity : Branching by longitudinal subdivisions ; Catenulate
• Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
• Carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : None (external plates and/or inner wall)
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None

Transverse section

• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 1
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
• Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (OW/SW) : No vertical intervallar element
• Carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : None (perforation and/or inner wall)
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : None (external plates and/or inner wall)
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none
• Other aquiferous unit : None

Longitudinal section

• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 1
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Type of modularity : Branching by longitudinal subdivisions ; Catenulate
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
• Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
• Carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Stipules : None
• Type of morphological tubes (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : None (perforation and/or inner wall)
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : None (external plates and/or inner wall)
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None

Oblique section

• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 1
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
• Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
• Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (OW/SW) : No vertical intervallar element
• Carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
• Stipules : None
• Type of morphological tubes (OW/SW) : None
• Carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : None (perforation and/or inner wall)
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : None (external plates and/or inner wall)
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None

Tangential section

• Type of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Simple
• Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
• Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Regular repartition
• Repartition types of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Straight rows of pores
• Thorny corolla : None