A genus of fossils found only from the Ordovician to Devonian periods, whose higher taxonomic position is unclear. In the history of research, it has been interpreted as belonging to various widely different classes, such as calcareous algae, foraminifera, sponges, corals, and echinoderms, but it is currently considered to be the marine animal closest to Porifera. The external shape of the skeleton is cup- or dish-shaped, with hexagonal bone fragments regularly arranged on the surface to form a wall, and inside this a columnar structure with four branches has developed. The bone fragments are somewhat similar to those of sponges, but the overall structure of the skeleton is different, and it is unclear whether it had the groove system characteristic of sponges. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
オルドビス紀からデボン紀にかけてのみ産出する,高次分類上の位置が不明な化石の1属。これまで石灰藻,有孔虫,カイメン,サンゴ,棘皮(きよくひ)動物と研究史上種々大きく異なる部類に解釈されてきたが,現在は海綿動物に最も近い海生動物と考えられている。骨格の外形は杯状あるいは皿状で,表面には六角形の骨片が規則正しく配列して壁を形成し,その内方には4個の枝をもつ柱状構造が発達している。骨片は海綿動物のものと多少似ているが,骨格全体の構造は異なっており,海綿動物に特徴的な溝系をもっていたのかどうかは不明である。
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