Fenestrocyathus

Fenestrocyathus HANDFIELD, 1971

Specimen-type: Fenestrocyathus complexus holotype, HANDFIELD, 1971, pl. 14, fig. 5, pl. 15, fig. 1

Systematics:
Order: ARCHAEOCYATHIDA Okulitch, 1935
Suborder: ARCHAEOCYATHINA Okulitch, 1935
Superfamily: DICTYOCYATHOIDEA Taylor, 1910
Family: CLARUSCOSCINIDAE Debrenne& A. Zhuravlev, 1992

Fenestrocyathus Fenestrocyathus complexus HANDFIELD holotype GSC 25388 Botoman, Mackenzie Mountains, Canada Transverse section (DEBRENNE, A. ZHURAVLEV & KRUSE, 2002).

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) : Irregular
• Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
• Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Irregular repartition
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (OW/SW) : ?
• 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

• Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Stipules : None
• Carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : Pores
• Type of carcass pores (IW) : Simple
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (IW) : 1
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and tabulae (IW) : No tabula
• Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts ; Scales ; Annuli
• Localisation of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
• Relationship between carcass annuli and tabulae (IW) : No tabula
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : S-shaped ; Fused
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None

Intervallum

• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Taeniae ; Dictyonal network
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : ?
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Tetragonal pores
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : Synapticulae
• Repartition of synapticulae : At each interpore node
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none

Others informations

• Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 2
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Type of modularity : Branching by external budding ; Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty ; Full
• Thorny corolla : None
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None
• Stratigraphical extension : Botoman
• Botoman : 1 ; 2
• Geographical repartition : Canada ; Mongolia ; Russia ; USA
• Russia : Altay Sayan

Systematic

• Orders : Archaeocyathida
• Suborders inside the Archaeocyathida : Archaeocyathina
• Superfamillies inside the Archaeocyathina : Dictyocyathoidea
• Famillies inside the Archaeocyathina : Claruscoscinidae

External view

• Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Type of modularity : Branching by external budding ; Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
• 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) : Present
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts ; Scales ; Annuli
• Localisation of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
• Relationship between carcass annuli and tabulae (IW) : No tabula
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : S-shaped ; Fused
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None

Transverse section

• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 2
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty ; Full
• Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (OW/SW) : ?
• 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) : Pores
• Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Taeniae ; Dictyonal network
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : ?
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : Synapticulae
• Repartition of synapticulae : At each interpore node
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none
• Other aquiferous unit : None

Longitudinal section

• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 2
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Type of modularity : Branching by external budding ; Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty ; Full
• 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) : Pores
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and tabulae (IW) : No tabula
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts ; Scales ; Annuli
• Localisation of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
• Relationship between carcass annuli and tabulae (IW) : No tabula
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : S-shaped ; Fused
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Taeniae ; Dictyonal network
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : ?
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Tetragonal pores
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : Synapticulae
• Repartition of synapticulae : At each interpore node
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None

Oblique section

• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 2
• Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Habitus : Solitary ; Modular
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty ; Full
• 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) : ?
• 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) : Pores
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (IW) : 1
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and tabulae (IW) : No tabula
• Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Taeniae ; Dictyonal network
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : ?
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Tetragonal pores
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : Synapticulae
• Repartition of synapticulae : At each interpore node
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : none
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None

Tangential section

• Type of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Irregular
• Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
• Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Irregular repartition
• Type of carcass pores (IW) : Simple
• Thorny corolla : None
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : ?
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Tetragonal pores