Pachysmilia
Melnikova 1989, p. 79
Initially placed in Amphiastraeidae by Melnikova 1989, the genus was subsequently considered as a Zardinophyllid (Melnikova and Roniewicz 2012)
Type Species
Pachysmilia prima Melnikova 1989, p. 80, pl. 24 fig. 1-7; Original Designation
Type Specimen: Holotype; TIUS 28/18; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Sinemurian (lower Jurassic) SE Pamir Alitschur valley Tadjikistan
the type specimen is kept at Mus IG AN Tadj. SSSR, Dushanbe
Classification
Description
Dendroid corallum. No costae. Corallite outline suboval. Increase by lateral budding. Radial elements compact, thin, mostly free, with parallel surfaces non ornamented, rather straight, slightly enlarged at the inner border, differentiated in length into 2-3 incomplete size orders. No palis. Septal microstructure with simple, subvertical trabecules. Hexameral symmetry, with occasional bilateral symmetry produced by 1 or 2 septa. Endotheca made of horizontal, complete tabulae. No columella but two opposite septa may occasionally meet in the center. Synapticulae absent. Wall thick, pachythecal.
Comparisons
Close of Pachydendron but in the microstructure of septa trabecular centers differentiated. Relation between septa and the wall seem to be typical of pachythecal corals.
Distribution
- Central Asia; Early Jurassic
This page has been in preparation since 06-Apr-2013 10:23
This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 06-Apr-2013 10:29.
Page authors are: Bernard Lathuilière Ewa Roniewicz. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière
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