UGA Stratigraphy Lab

The data is in the strata

Corynotrypa

Specimen Photo

Cornynotrypa inflata
MUGM 16332
scale bar is 0.5 mm

Species

Corynotrypa delicatula (James, 1878)
Occurrence: Fulton, Economy, Southgate, McMicken, Mount Hope, Fairmount, Bellevue, Corryville, Mount Auburn, Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, Whitewater, Elkhorn
Reference: Bassler, 1906; Dalvé, 1948; Taylor and Wilson, 1994
Originally Hippothoa delicatula; Includes Stomatopora proutana S.A. Miller (1882), Ropalonaria pertenuis, Stomatopora tenuissima, Stomatopora delicatula
Characterized by narrow and very long zooids, with side branches characterized by noticeably short zooids

Corynotrypa inflata (Hall, 1847)
Occurrence: Bellevue, Corryville, Mount Auburn, Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, Elkhorn
Reference: Anstey and Wilson, 1996; Taylor and Wilson, 1994
Originally Alecto inflata; Includes Hippothoa inflata, Stomatopora inflata, Corynotrypa curta, Corynotrypa medialis, and Corynotrypa inflata
Lacks the very long zooids and distinctive branches in C. delicatula