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Solenopora texana
Solenopora texana J.H. Johnson J. Paleontol., 25(1): 23. 1 Feb 1951
- Name
- Solenopora texana
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Solenopora
- Authors (Pub.)
- Johnson J. H.
- Publication
- Permian calcareous Algae from the Apache Mountains, Texas [1951/2]
- Journal
- Journal of Paleontology
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 23
- Year
- 1951
- Fossil Status
- thallus (calcareous)
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Location
- Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains, Culberson County, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
- Repository Number
- Johnson Collection, Slides 1015 & 1116
- Diagnosis
- Thallus encrusting to nodular; 0.5 to 6,2 mm. thick. Composed of long, slender, tubular cells having a diameter of 0.006 to 0.013 mm. and forming irregular growth zones. No cross partitions visible. Cells rather widely spaced with thick coating of algal dust between. No suggestions of sporangia.
