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Baron-Szabo, R. in prep., Elasmocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 70. 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/543, last visited on 10 Feb 2012.
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Elasmocoenia

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 70

Type Species

Oculina explanata Michelin, 1845 : 201; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851: 70

Type Specimen: Holotype; M3560; Verified; Unknown

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

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, massive, plocoid. Gemmation extracalicinal, marginal and intracalicinal. Costosepta compact, exsert, laminar. One major septum developed in some corallites. Costae strongly developed. Columella absent. Exothecal dissepiments large, vesicular to tabulate. Wall septothecal.

Distribution

  • Southern Europe, Central Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous

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

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 21:24.

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


Elasmocoenia michelini Milne Edwards, 1857, ?holotype (specimen of the Michelin coll.)
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Elasmocoenia explanata (Michelin, 1845), holotype
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