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Baron-Szabo, R. in prep., Placohelia Pocta, 1887, p. 49. In: Cairns, S. D., Baron-Szabo, R., Budd, A.F., Lathuilière, B., Roniewicz, E., Stolarski, J., and Johnson, K.G. (eds.), Corallosphere, world wide web site at http://corallosphere.org/taxon/1137, last visited on 10 Feb 2012.

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Placohelia

Pocta, 1887, p. 49

Type Species

Placohelia rimosa Pocta, 1887: 49; Original Designation Pocta, 1887: 49

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown

Type Locality: Lower Turonian of the Czech Republic (Bohemia).

The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHP (Prague) under O 3077.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, massive, submeandroid-plocoid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Corallites isolated or arranged in short series, with distinct or subdistinct calicinal centres. Ambulacrae large and flat. Costosepta compact, granulated laterally. Columella lamellar, discontinuous. Endothecal dissepiments thin, vesicular. Exothecal dissepiments numerous, vesicular. Wall septoparathecal.

Distribution

  • Central Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
  • North America; Early Cretaceous
  • North Africa; Late Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 03-Sep-2010 16:28.

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


Placohelia thecalis (Soehle, 1899), holotype
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Placohelia rimosa Pocta, 1887, holotype, photograph courtesy Dr. Eliaosva
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Placohelia rimosa Pocta,1887, holotype, photograph courtesy Dr. Eliasova
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