Porosmilia
Fromentel, 1860, p. 46
Porosmilia Fromentel, 1860, p. 46 is a not a scleractinian.
Porosmilia de Fromentel, 1860 is described in the Treatise part. E vol.3 (Rigby et al. 2004) as an "unrecognizable supposed sponge". Nevertheless the name is available and Porosmilia Umbgrove is consequently a junior homonym.
Type Species
Porosmilia martini Fromentel in Martin p. 95, pl. 7 fig. 28; Unknown
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of Semur (France)
The genus was described two times in 1860: in "Introduction à l'étude des éponges fossiles" by Fromentel, p. 46 and in "Paléontologie stratigraphique de l'infra-lias du département de la Côte d'Or" by Fromentel in Martin p. 94.
This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:55
This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 06-Jul-2010 09:56.
Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns Rosemarie Baron-Szabo Bernard Lathuilière. 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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