Apophysiactinia Won 1997

Apophysiactinia Won, 1997 Apophysiactinia Won, 1997a: 362. TYPE SPECIES. — Apophysiactinia trispinula Won, 1997 (Won 1997a: 364, pl. 6, fig. 13, 14, 17). AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Frasnian (Upper Devonian), Gogo Formation, Canning Basin, Western Australia. TAXON CODE. — 077. STATUS. — Valid. DIAGNOSIS. — “With or without (?) a spherical shell, six rays arising from a median microbar, each ray having three apophyses at one or two levels. The apophyses can be elements of mesh forming a very loosely constructed shell or lie free on spines. Microthorns present along the rays and apophyses.” (Won 1997a: 362). REMARKS This genus is assigned to the Family Archaeosemantidae Kozur & Mostler 1981 the definition of which was emended by De Wever et al. (2001).
Published as part of Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O'Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, pp. 419-502 in Geodiversitas 39 (3) on page 438, DOI: 10.5252/g2017n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/5206585
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