Pachyphyllia
Alloiteau, 1957, p. 126
Type Species
Phyllocoenia toucasi de Fromentel, 1884: 549; Original Designation Alloiteau, 1957: 126
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Santonian of France (Le Beausset, Var).
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under R.10925.
Classification
Diagnosis
Colonial, massive, plocoid. Gemmation extracalicinal. Corallites circular or elliptical, projecting. Costosepta compact, nonconfluent, beaded, radially or bilaterally arranged. Columella trabecular-lamellar. Endothecal dissepiments sparse, vesicular. Peritheca vesicular to subtabulate. Wall parasynapticulothecal, septothecal in places.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 01-Sep-2010 19:08.
Page authors are: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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