Dictyonema falciferum Bulman, 1928
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https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1387 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87A3-F937-FFA0-73AF-44A399E3E44D |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Dictyonema falciferum Bulman, 1928 |
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Dictyonema falciferum Bulman, 1928
Figs. 5I, 8B View Fig , 9C View Fig , 10A View Fig
1928. Dictyonema falciferum , n.sp.; Bulman, p. 53–56, pl. 5, figs. 1–3, text-figs. 27–29.
Material. AM F114750 from F14, Bridge Creek.
Description. The flabellate appearance of this large, wellpreserved colony, some 27 mm by 40 mm, may be a preservational feature: there is a slight suggestion that it represents one half of a conical colony. The counterpart is, unfortunately, not available. There are at least 94 peripheral stipes developed, spaced at 16 in 10 mm, each with a lateral width of 0.20–0.25 mm. Branching zones are about every 1 mm proximally and 2–3 mm towards the periphery of the colony, complicated somewhat by local anastomosis. Dissepiments are spaced at 6–8 in 10 mm, possibly a little closer in places. Autothecae are denticulate but not otherwise ornamented. Bithecae are not developed with certainty, possibly rather bulbous aperturally, reflected in the slightly sinusoidal growth of the stipes when viewed dorsoventrally; the last feature is more conspicuous toward the periphery of the colony.
Remarks. This specimen differs only slightly from Bulman’s type specimens, the stipes in the Bridge Creek specimens being a little more slender on average and the thecal spacing slightly wider (15? in 10 mm compared with 16–20 in 10 mm). In most aspects our form is very close indeed to the types, which were described from the upper Llandovery (approximately crispus Biozone) of Shropshire, Wales and Scotland (Bulman, 1928: 50). This is the first record of this species from Australia.
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