. The Devonian of Missouri. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontologie; Devoon. 48 THE DEVONIAN OF MISSOURI. COELENTERATA Class ANTHOZOA Subclass Tetracoralla Family Zaphrentidae Genus Streptelasma Hall Streplelasma cooperensis n. sp. Plate. 1, figures 6- and 7 Corallum simple, conical, slightly curved, pointed at the base Epitheca com- plete, showing longitudinal septal furrows. Largest specimen collected 8 cm. long, 34 mm. wide at the top: average size about 6 cm. long. Calyx with steep walls, depth about half the height of the corallum. Septae rather poorly developed in the calyx but we
. The Devonian of Missouri. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontologie; Devoon. 48 THE DEVONIAN OF MISSOURI. COELENTERATA Class ANTHOZOA Subclass Tetracoralla Family Zaphrentidae Genus Streptelasma Hall Streplelasma cooperensis n. sp. Plate. 1, figures 6- and 7 Corallum simple, conical, slightly curved, pointed at the base Epitheca com- plete, showing longitudinal septal furrows. Largest specimen collected 8 cm. long, 34 mm. wide at the top: average size about 6 cm. long. Calyx with steep walls, depth about half the height of the corallum. Septae rather poorly developed in the calyx but well developed near the base of the corallite. 25 septae that reach nearly to the middle one centimeter from the base of an ordinary specimen; 33 septae 2 centimeters from the base with some indications of secondary septae; 41 primary septae 45 mm. from the base with a like number of short secondary septae. Dissepiments few and present only near the margin. Subcentral fossula 8 mm. wide and 10 mm. deep in specimens of ordinary size. The calyx is completely filled with solid rock in all of our specimens and for that reason no figures of that part can be made. The species resembles Streplelasma prolifica Billings but the number of septae is much smaller and the secondary septae are not so well developed. Occurrence—Abundant in the Callaway of Moniteau and Boone Counties; present in the Cooper of the same 1 ^^2 Fig. 1. Sections of Streptelasma cooperensis Branson. 1. A vertical section which retains only 1/3 of the cup. The basal part of the specimen is missing. (X3/2). 2. A cross section about two centimeters from the base. (X3/2) 3. A cross section about 6 centimeters from the base. (X3/2). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Branson, E. B. (Edwin Bayer), 1877-1950; Tansey, Vivian Ouray
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