Formosocyathus

Formosocyathus VOLOGDIN, 1940b

Specimen-type: Formosocyathus bulynnikovi pl. 28 fig. 3-4 holotype not designated

Systematics:
Order: AJACICYATHIDA R. Bedford& J. Bedford, 1939
Suborder: AJACICYATHINA R. Bedford& J. Bedford, 1939
Superfamily: BRONCHOCYATHOIDEA R. Bedford& J. Bedford, 1936
Family: SAJANOCYATHIDAE Vologdin, 1956

Formosocyathus Formosocyathus bulynnikovi VOLOGDIN unlocated topotype Botoman, Sanashtykgol River, Altay Sayan, Russia Transverse section (outer wall at top) (VOLOGDIN, 1940).

Formosocyathus Formosocyathus bulynnikovi VOLOGDIN unlocated topotype Botoman, Sanashtykgol River, Altay Sayan, Russia Longitudinal section (outer wall to left) (VOLOGDIN, 1940).

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) : more than 2
• 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 ; Present on inner wall
  (may be present)

Inner wall

• Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
• Stipules : None
• Carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : Canals
• Constitution of carcass canal system (IW) : ?
• Building of carcass canals (IW) : ?
• Shape of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Waved
• Porosity of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Spongiose
• Relationship between carcass canals zone A and intersept (IW) : 1 row of canals per intersept
• Direction of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Upwardly opening ; Lateral opening ; Horizontal opening
  (horizontal to upwardly and laterally opening)
• Shape of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Waved
• Direction of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Upwardly opening ; Lateral opening ; Horizontal opening
  (horizontal to upwardly and laterally opening)
• Porosity of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Spongiose
• Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present ; None (external plates and/or inner wall)
  (spines and/or annuli may be present)
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Spines ; Annuli
  (spines and/or annuli)
• Relationship between carcass annuli and tabulae (IW) : Annuli between each tabulae
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : ?
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : ?
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : ?
• Additional sheath : None ; Present on inner wall
  (may be present)
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
  (may be present)
• Type of microporous sheath (IW) : ?
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : No bract on additional sheath
• Repartition of micropores (IW) : Regular

Intervallum

• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Septa
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : Completely porous
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Circular pores
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present ; none
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)
• Building of tabulae : Independent from walls
• Porosity of tabulae : Pecten
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)

Others informations

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

Systematic

• Orders : Ajacicyathida
• Suborders inside the Ajacicyathida : Ajacicyathina
• Superfamillies inside the Ajacicyathina : Bronchocyathoidea
• Famillies inside the Ajacicyathina : Sajanocyathidae

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 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) : Present ; None (external plates and/or inner wall)
  (spines and/or annuli may be present)
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Spines ; Annuli
  (spines and/or annuli)
• Relationship between carcass annuli and tabulae (IW) : Annuli between each tabulae
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : ?
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : ?
• Additional sheath : None ; Present on inner wall
  (may be present)
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
  (may be present)
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : No bract on additional sheath
• Repartition of micropores (IW) : Regular
• 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 ; Reduce
• Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
• Relationship between rows of carcass pores and intersept (OW/SW) : more than 2
• 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) : Canals
• Building of carcass canals (IW) : ?
• Relationship between carcass canals zone A and intersept (IW) : 1 row of canals per intersept
• Porosity of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Spongiose
• Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present ; None (external plates and/or inner wall)
  (spines and/or annuli may be present)
• Additional sheath : None ; Present on inner wall
  (may be present)
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
  (may be present)
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Septa
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : Completely porous
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present ; none
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)
• Porosity of tabulae : Pecten
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)
• 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 longitudinal subdivisions ; Catenulate
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty ; Reduce
• 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) : Canals
• Constitution of carcass canal system (IW) : ?
• Building of carcass canals (IW) : ?
• Shape of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Waved
• Porosity of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Spongiose
• Direction of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Upwardly opening ; Lateral opening ; Horizontal opening
  (horizontal to upwardly and laterally opening)
• Shape of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Waved
• Direction of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Upwardly opening ; Lateral opening ; Horizontal opening
  (horizontal to upwardly and laterally opening)
• Porosity of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Spongiose
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present ; None (external plates and/or inner wall)
  (spines and/or annuli may be present)
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Spines ; Annuli
  (spines and/or annuli)
• Relationship between carcass annuli and tabulae (IW) : Annuli between each tabulae
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : ?
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : ?
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : ?
• Additional sheath : None ; Present on inner wall
  (may be present)
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
  (may be present)
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : No bract on additional sheath
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Septa
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : Completely porous
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Circular pores
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present ; none
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)
• Building of tabulae : Independent from walls
• 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 ; Reduce
• 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) : more than 2
• 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) : Canals
• Constitution of carcass canal system (IW) : ?
• Building of carcass canals (IW) : ?
• Shape of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Waved
• Porosity of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Spongiose
• Relationship between carcass canals zone A and intersept (IW) : 1 row of canals per intersept
• Direction of carcass canals zone A (IW) : Upwardly opening ; Lateral opening ; Horizontal opening
  (horizontal to upwardly and laterally opening)
• Shape of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Waved
• Direction of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Upwardly opening ; Lateral opening ; Horizontal opening
  (horizontal to upwardly and laterally opening)
• Porosity of carcass canals zone B (IW) : Spongiose
• Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present ; None (external plates and/or inner wall)
  (spines and/or annuli may be present)
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : ?
• Additional sheath : None ; Present on inner wall
  (may be present)
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
  (may be present)
• Type of microporous sheath (IW) : ?
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : No bract on additional sheath
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : Present
• Type of vertical intervallar structures : Septa
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : Completely porous
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Circular pores
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present ; none
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)
• Building of tabulae : Independent from walls
• Porosity of tabulae : Pecten
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)
• 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
• Type of microporous sheath (IW) : ?
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : No bract on additional sheath
• Repartition of micropores (IW) : Regular
• Thorny corolla : None
• Repartition of vertical intervallar structures pores : Completely porous
• Porosity of vertical intervallar structures : ?
• Pores of vertical intervallar structures : Circular pores
• Porosity of tabulae : Pecten
  (pectinate tabulae may be present)