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.
Bassler, R. S. 1952. Taxonomic notes on genera of fossil and Recent Bryozoa. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42: 381 - 385.
Gorjunova, R. V. 1985. Morphology, system und phylogeny of Bryozoa (Or- der Rhabdomesida) [in Russian]. Trudy Paleontologiceskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 208: 1 - 152.
Meek, F. B. 1872. Report on the paleontology of eastern Nebraska. In: F. V. Hayden (ed.), Final Report on the United State Geological Survey of Nebraska and Portions of Adjacent Territories 81 - 239. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington.
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