Aplopsammia

Alloiteau, 1958, p. 146

Type Species

A. collignoni Alloiteau, 1958, p. 147, pl. 2, figs. 10-11, pl. 23, fig. 6; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Paratype; MNHN M5014; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Early Cretaceous: Madagascar

Classification

• Family: Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847

Diagnosis

Corallum solitary, ceratoid, and free; theca finely granular; septa arranged normally; columella spongy.

Remarks

Considered as a dendrophylliid genus of uncertain position by Cairns (2001) because of the poor preservation of the type specimens. Monotypic.

Distribution

• Subsaharan Africa; Early Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 07-Jul-2008 20:47

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 31-Oct-2008 20:07.

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: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo