Saffordotaxis Bassler, 1952

Ernst, Andrej & Minwegen, Elke, 2006, Late Carboniferous bryozoans from La Hermida, Spain, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (3), pp. 569-588 : 581

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13652021
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13652059
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scientific name	Saffordotaxis Bassler, 1952
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Genus Saffordotaxis Bassler, 1952 View in CoL

Type species: Rhombopora incrassata Ulrich, 1890 , by original designation; Lower Mississippian , Kentucky ( USA) .

Diagnosis.—Ramose colonies with long and tube−like autozooecia budding in spiral pattern. Oval apertures arranged in regular diagonal rows. Diaphragms rare. Metazooecia absent; abundant actinotostyles in the exozonal walls, in single or multiple rows (translated after Gorjunova 1985).

Discussion.— Saffordotaxis Bassler, 1952 differs from the similar Rhombopora Meek, 1872 in having uniform styles.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Devonian to Permian; worldwide.