Thank you Henry.
Sincerely,
Jim Wyatt
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----- Original Message -----
From: henry reiswig <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Dictyida
> Dear Jim (Wyatt),
>
> Of the seven genera you listed as still uncertain in placement for you
> I can resolve only one since it has a recent component.
>
> Laocoetis Pomel, 1872, (note spelling) is based on fossil material but has
> the living member L. perion Levi. By its framework it is placed in
> Craticulariidae
> Rauf, 1893. L. perion bears scopules and uncinates through the work of
> Tabachnick & Levi 1997, making the species, genus and Craticulariidae
> good members of the order Hexactinosa.
>
> I am not qualified to help with the other 7 genera -- without recent
> members.
>
> Best wishes,
> Henry
>
>
>
> Henry M. Reiswig
> Redpath Museum, McGill University
> 859 Sherbrooke St. W.
> Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2K6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, January 26, 2001 9:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Dictyida
>
>
> >Thank you to all who have helped me so far.
> >
> >Perhaps I should forget trying to place the family names and concentrate
on
> >the placement of the genera that were represented in those families.
> >
> >
> >I have resolved to my satisfaction the placement of Sphenaulax,
Myliusia,
> >Ramispongia and Aphrocallistes. Still unresolved as to where to place
them
> >are the following genera:
> >
> >Laoceatis
> >Casearia
> >Plurostoma
> >Guettardia
> >Porospongia
> >Verrucocoelia
> >Sporadopyle
> >Periplectum
> >
> >Any information as to where these genera are now placed would be of help.
I
> >suppose those that I am unable to have resolved I will just place as
> >"uncertain".
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Jim Wyatt
> >[log in to unmask]
> >http://www.fossilnet.com
> >Fossilnet, Inc.
>
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