Stereopsammia
Milne Edwards, 1850, p. liii
Type Species
S. humilis Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. 37, pl. 5, fig. 4; Original Designation
Type Specimen: Holotype; NHM 49580; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Middle Eocene: England
Type specimen described by Cairns (2001).
Classification
Diagnosis
Extratentacular budding leading to calices arranged in a plocoid fashion; corallites quite small; costae thin non-granular ridges; septa arranged normally; columella rudimentary.
Comparisons
Similar to Tubastraea but having smaller corallites and a rudimentary columella.
Remarks
Based on the poor preservation of the type and only known specimen of this genus, Cairns (2001) considered it to be a dendrophylliid genus of “uncertain position”, impossible to properly characterize. Two fossil species.
This page has been in preparation since 07-Jul-2008 20:34
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 31-Oct-2008 17:30.
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: Stephen D. Cairns
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