Heckericyathus

Heckericyathus ZHURAVLEVA, 1960b

Specimen-type: Ethmophyllum heckeri ZHURAVLEVA in ZHURAVLEVA& ZELENOV, 1955, p. 69; pl.1 fig. 3-4

Systematics:
Order: AJACICYATHIDA R. Bedford& J. Bedford, 1939
Suborder: AJACICYATHINA R. Bedford& J. Bedford, 1939
Superfamily: BRONCHOCYATHOIDEA R. Bedford& J. Bedford, 1936
Family: BIPALLICYATHIDAE Debrenne, Rozanov& A.Zhuravlev 1989

Heckericyathus Heckericyathus heckeri (ZHURAVLEVA) paratype TsSGM 205/102 Atdabanian, Oy-Muran, Lena River, Yakutia, Russia Transverse section (ZHURAVLEVA & ZELENOV, 1955)

Heckericyathus Heckericyathus heckeri (ZHURAVLEVA) paratype TsSGM 205/103 Atdabanian, Oy-Muran, Lena River, Yakutia, Russia Detail of septum in longitudinal section (outer wall to right) (DEBRENNE, A. ZHURAVLEV & KRUSE, 2002).

Heckericyathus Heckericyathus heckeri (ZHURAVLEVA) paratype TsSGM 205/103 Atdabanian, Oy-Muran, Lena River, Yakutia, Russia Detail of inner wall in oblique longitudinal 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) : 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) : ?
• 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 : Present on inner wall

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) : ?
• 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
• Localisation of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar ; Arcuate
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : Present on inner wall
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
• Type of microporous sheath (IW) : Independent
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : One bract covering one micropore
• 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
• Thorny corolla : None
• Chambers : None
• Other aquiferous unit : None
• Stratigraphical extension : Atdabanian
• Atdabanian : 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4
• Geographical repartition : Russia
• Russia : Far East ; Siberian Platform ; Transbaikal

Systematic

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

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
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts
• Localisation of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar ; Arcuate
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
• Additional sheath : Present on inner wall
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : One bract covering one micropore
• 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
• 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 : Present on inner wall
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
• 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
• 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) : ?
• Carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
• Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts
• Localisation of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
• Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar ; Arcuate
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : Present on inner wall
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : One bract covering one micropore
• 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
• 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) : ?
• 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 : Present on inner wall
• Type of additional sheath (IW) : Microporous sheath
• Type of microporous sheath (IW) : Independent
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : One bract covering one micropore
• 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 carcass pores (IW) : Simple
• Type of microporous sheath (IW) : Independent
• Repartition of bracts on secondary sheath (IW) : One bract covering one micropore
• 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)