Williamicyathus
Williamicyathus A. ZHURAVLEV, 1987
Specimen-type: Syringocnema colvillensis holotype, GREGGS, 1959, pl. 13, fig. 6
Systematics:
Order: ARCHAEOCYATHIDA Okulitch, 1935
Suborder: SYRINGOCNEMINA Okulitch, 1935
Superfamily: SYRINGOCNEMOIDEA Taylor, 1910
Family: SYRINGOCNEMIDAE Taylor, 1910
Williamicyathus
Williamicyathus
Williamicyathus
Williamicyathus
Outer wall
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Simple only
- Presence of carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
- Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Homogeneous repartition
- Type of carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
- Presence of carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Presence of stipules (OW/SW) : None
- Shape of morphological tubes (OW/SW) : None
- Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
- Repartition types of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Pores grouped into clusters
- Type of additional sheath (OW/SW) : None
- Rows number of carcass perforations per intersept (OW/SW) : 2 AND more than 2 rows per intersept
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Incipient pore subdivision
Inner wall
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (IW) : Simple
- Rows number of carcass pores per intertabula (IW) : No tabula
- Type of carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : Pores
- Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
- Localization of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
- Presence of carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
- Shape of morphological tubes (IW) : None
- Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar only
- Structure of inner carcass wall (IW) : Carcass wall well defined
- Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts AND fused bracts
- Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
- Type of additional sheath (IW) : None
- Presence of stipules (IW) : None
- Rows number of carcass perforations per intersept (IW) : 1 row per intersept only
- Rims of carcass external plates (IW) : Smooth
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (IW) : Without subdivision
Intervallum
- Presence of intervallar cells : Present
- Type of links between intervallar structures : Synapticulae
- Presence of vertical intervallar structures : None
- Presence of tabulae : none
- Section shape of intervallar cells : Hexagonal
- Repartition of synapticulae : Tangential at intervallar cells
- Type of Intervallar cells : Syringe
- Number of pores rows per facet (intervallar cells) : Different number of rows per facet
Others informations
- Number of walls : 2
- Stratigraphical extension : Botoman
- Geographical repartition : Canada ; USA
- Shape of cup bulges : None
- Presence of chambers : None
- Type of habitus : Solitary ; Modular
- Structure of central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
- Presence of thorny corolla : None
- Botoman : 1 ; 2
- Type of modularity : Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
- Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
- Type of other aquiferous unit : None
Systematic
- Orders : Archaeocyathida
- Superfamillies inside the Syringocnemina : Syringocnemoidea
- Suborders inside the Archaeocyathida : Syringocnemina
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Simple only
- Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
- Famillies inside the Syringocnemina : Syringocnemidae
External view
- Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
- Shape of cup bulges : None
- Structure of outer carcass wall (OW/SW) : Carcass wall well defined
- Type of modularity : Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
- Type of habitus : Solitary ; Modular
- Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
- Presence of carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Presence of carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Localization of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
- Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar only
- Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
- Presence of carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
- Presence of thorny corolla : None
- Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts AND fused bracts
- Type of additional sheath (OW/SW) : None
- Type of additional sheath (IW) : None
- Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Homogeneous repartition
- Repartition types of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Pores grouped into clusters
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Simple only
- Rims of carcass external plates (IW) : Smooth
- Presence of chambers : None
- Type of other aquiferous unit : None
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Incipient pore subdivision
- Number of walls : 2
Transverse section
- 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
- Number of walls : 2
- Type of habitus : Solitary ; Modular
- Type of carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
- Presence of carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
- Type of carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : Pores
- Structure of central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
- Presence of vertical intervallar structures : None
- Presence of thorny corolla : None
- Repartition of synapticulae : Tangential at intervallar cells
- Type of links between intervallar structures : Synapticulae
- Presence of intervallar cells : Present
- Presence of tabulae : none
- Type of other aquiferous unit : None
- Type of Intervallar cells : Syringe
- Presence of carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Presence of carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
- Rows number of carcass perforations per intersept (OW/SW) : 2 AND more than 2 rows per intersept
- Rows number of carcass perforations per intersept (IW) : 1 row per intersept only
- Rims of carcass external plates (IW) : Smooth
- Section shape of intervallar cells : Hexagonal
Longitudinal section
- 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
- Number of walls : 2
- Type of modularity : Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
- Type of habitus : Solitary ; Modular
- Type of carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
- Presence of carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Presence of carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
- Type of carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : Pores
- Structure of central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
- Localization of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
- Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar only
- Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
- Presence of carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
- Shape of morphological tubes (IW) : None
- Presence of vertical intervallar structures : None
- Presence of thorny corolla : None
- Repartition of synapticulae : Tangential at intervallar cells
- Type of links between intervallar structures : Synapticulae
- Presence of intervallar cells : Present
- Presence of tabulae : none
- Type of other aquiferous unit : None
- Type of Intervallar cells : Syringe
- Presence of chambers : None
- Type of additional sheath (OW/SW) : None
- Type of additional sheath (IW) : None
- Presence of stipules (IW) : None
- Rims of carcass external plates (IW) : Smooth
- Shape of morphological tubes (OW/SW) : None
- Rows number of carcass pores per intertabula (IW) : No tabula
- Section shape of intervallar cells : Hexagonal
Oblique section
- 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
- Number of walls : 2
- Type of habitus : Solitary ; Modular
- Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
- Type of carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : Pores
- Presence of carcass bumps: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Presence of stipules (OW/SW) : None
- Shape of morphological tubes (OW/SW) : None
- Rows number of carcass pores per intertabula (IW) : No tabula
- Cup shapes : Cylindrical-conical
- Building of carcass perforations (IW) : Without participation of vertical structures
- Type of carcass perforations: inner wall (IW) : Pores
- Structure of central Cavity (or internal if one wall) : Empty
- Shape of morphological tubes (IW) : None
- Presence of vertical intervallar structures : None
- Presence of thorny corolla : None
- Repartition of synapticulae : Tangential at intervallar cells
- Presence of intervallar cells : Present
- Presence of tabulae : none
- Presence of chambers : None
- Type of other aquiferous unit : None
- Type of Intervallar cells : Syringe
- Presence of carcass external plates: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) : None
- Presence of carcass external plates: inner carcass wall (IW) : Present
- Type of additional sheath (OW/SW) : None
- Type of additional sheath (IW) : None
- Presence of stipules (IW) : None
- Rows number of carcass perforations per intersept (OW/SW) : 2 AND more than 2 rows per intersept
- Rows number of carcass perforations per intersept (IW) : 1 row per intersept only
- Rims of carcass external plates (IW) : Smooth
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (IW) : Simple
- Type of carcass external plates (IW) : Bracts AND fused bracts
- Shape of carcass external plates (IW) : Planar only
- Direction of carcass external plates (IW) : Upwardly projecting
- Type of links between intervallar structures : Synapticulae
- Section shape of intervallar cells : Hexagonal
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Simple only
- Localization of carcass bracts (IW) : Bract arises on inner wall
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Incipient pore subdivision
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (IW) : Without subdivision
- Number of pores rows per facet (intervallar cells) : Different number of rows per facet
Tangential section
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Simple only
- Size of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Uniform size
- Repartition of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Homogeneous repartition
- Shape of carcass perforations openings (IW) : Simple
- Presence of thorny corolla : None
- Section shape of intervallar cells : Hexagonal
- Repartition types of carcass pores (OW/SW) : Pores grouped into clusters
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (OW/SW) : Incipient pore subdivision
- Subdivision of carcass perforations openings (IW) : Without subdivision
- Number of pores rows per facet (intervallar cells) : Different number of rows per facet