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Zaphrentis primaeva Steiniger
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Taxonomy
Rugose Coral
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Order: Stauriida Verrill 1865
Family: Zaphrentidae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Genus: Zaphrentis
Species: Zaphrentis primaeva
Author Citation Steiniger
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Devonian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Emsian (early)
Stratigraphy
Hunsrück Slate Group
Kaub Formation
Eschenbach Member
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 cm
Location
Eschenbach-Bocksberg Quarry
Bundenbach
Rhineland-Palatinate
Germany
Comments
A common coral in Bundenbach.
Taxonomy from Fossilworks.com
Description from Südkamp 2017, p. 32:"The rugose corals assigned as Zaphrentis are also called horn corals after their familiar form. The transversely round chalk section of the polyp is divided by numerous, radiating septa sticking out interiorly. The calyx is deep."
Identified by oilshale.References:
Südkamp, W. (2017) Life in the Devonian. Identification book Hunsrück Slate fossils. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.
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