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
Synonyms
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.
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
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