Areopsammia

Dietrich, 1917, p. 307

Type Species

A. mastrichtensis Dietrich, 1917, p. 307, 1 fig.; Monotypy Dietrich, 1917, p. 307

Type Specimen: Holotype; MBK 1303; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Late Cretaceous: Netherlands

=A. alacca (Morren, 1828); Museum for Naturkunde, Berlin

Classification

• Family: Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847

Synonyms

• Porosmilia Umbgrove, 1925, 113
• Paracyclolites Wells, 1933, p. 117
• Patelopsammia Reig Oriol, 1988, p. 3

Diagnosis

Corallum solitary, bowl-shaped, free(?); epitheca absent; theca thick and non-costate; septa arranged normally; columella rudimentary.

Remarks

This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Two species (see Baron-Szabo, 2002).

Distribution

• Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
• North America; Late Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 07-Jul-2008 20:55

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 14:42.

Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo