Mirandocyathus

Mirandocyathus BELYAEVA, 1974

Specimen-type: Mirandocyathus artus holotype, BELYAEVA, 1974, pl. 3, fig. 8

Systematics:
Order: CAPSULOCYATHIDA Zhuravleva, 1964
Suborder: CAPSULOCYATHINA Zhuravleva, 1964
Family: CRYPTOPOROCYATHIDAE Zhuravleva, 1960

Mirandocyathus Mirandocyathus artus BELYAEVA holotype DVGU 13M/572/3 Botoman, Gerbikan River, Far East, Russia Longitudinal section (BELYAEVA, 1974).

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 : 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) : No vertical intervallar element
• 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) : Arcuate
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Downwardly projecting
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None

Intervallum

• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None ; Plates
• Type of plates : Tabular
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present
• Building of tabulae : Extensions of both walls
• Porosity of tabulae : Simple pores

Others informations

• Cup shapes : Subspherical
• Shape of cup bulges : None
• Number of walls : 2
• Habitus : Solitary
• Central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
• Thorny corolla : None
• Chambers : Present
• Chambers number : Several
• Chambers stack : Regular stack
• Other aquiferous unit : None
• Stratigraphical extension : Botoman
• Botoman : 1
• Geographical repartition : Russia
• Russia : Far East

Systematic

• Orders : Capsulocyathida
• Suborders inside the Capsulocyathida : Capsulocyathina
• Famillies inside the Capsulocyathina : Cryptoporocyathidae

External view

• Cup shapes : Subspherical
• 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
• 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) : Arcuate
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Downwardly 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
• 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 : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None ; Plates
• Type of plates : Tabular
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present
• Porosity of tabulae : Simple pores
• 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
• 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) : Arcuate
• Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Downwardly projecting
• Type of morphological tubes (IW) : None
• Additional sheath : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None ; Plates
• Type of plates : Tabular
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present
• Building of tabulae : Extensions of both walls
• Chambers : Present
• Chambers number : Several
• Chambers stack : Regular stack
• 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
• 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) : No vertical intervallar element
• 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 : None
• Thorny corolla : None
• Vertical intervallar structures : None
• Link between vertical intervallar structures : None ; Plates
• Type of plates : Tabular
• Intervallar cells : None
• Tabulae : Present
• Building of tabulae : Extensions of both walls
• Porosity of tabulae : Simple pores
• Chambers : Present
• Chambers number : Several
• Chambers stack : Regular stack
• 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
• Thorny corolla : None
• Porosity of tabulae : Simple pores