Parasmilia

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 467

Type Species

Madrepora centralis Mantell, 1822: 159; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 244

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown

Type Locality: Campanian-Maastrichtian of England (Sussex).

The holotype of the type species is housed at NHM (London) under R.5462.

Classification

• Family: Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

Synonyms

• Cycliosmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
• Cyclosmilia Orbigny, 1849, p. 276
• Monocarya Lonsdale, 1850, p. 244
• Prototrochocyathus Kolosvary, 1959, p. 126

Diagnosis

Solitary, trochoid, fixed. Columella spongy or net-like. Costosepta compact. Septal margins smooth or slightly granular. Endothecal dissepiments sparse, developed deep in corallum. Wall septothecal to septoparathecal.

Distribution

• Central Europe; Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
• North America; Early Cretaceous
• Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
• North Africa; Late Cretaceous

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

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 10-Apr-2013 16:05.

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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo