Plesioparasmilia

Alloiteau, 1952, p. 651

Plesioparasmilia Alloiteau, 1952, p. 651 is a nomen dubium (unavailable).

Type Species

Trochosmilia cenomana de Fromentel, 1963, p. 261, pl. 64, fig. 1; Unknown Alloiteau, 1952, p. 651

Type Specimen: Syntype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Cenomanian of France (Le Mans, Sarthe).

The syntypes of the type species are housed at MNHN (Paris) under M03574.

Remarks

In describing the taxon Trochosmilia cenomana, de Fromentel (1863, p. 261) created a junior homonym of the form Trochosmilia cenomana Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, vol. 4(1), p. 243. While the form created by Milne Edwards and Haime seems to be closely related to Acrosmilia, the taxon described by de Fromentel was used by Alloiteau twice to create 2 new and different genera: Plesioparasmilia Alloiteau, 1952, and Parasmiliopsis Alloiteau, 1957 (also see Remarks under Parasmiliopsis Alloiteau, 1957). Because the only documentation of the genus Plesioparasmilia Alloiteau, 1952, lacks necessary information regarding septal arrangement, axial structures, etc., it is unrecognizable.

Distribution

• Central Europe; Late Cretaceous

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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 04-Sep-2010 20:07.

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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo