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Pleurocora

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 494

Type Species

Lithodendron gemmans Michelin, 1846: 305; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849: 310

Type Specimen: Syntype; B14278 and R09358; Verified; Unknown

Type Locality: Turonian of France (St. Croix).

The syntypes of the type species are housed at MNHN (Paris), formerly under M-459, Michelin collection.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, subplocoid to subphacelo-dendroid. Corallites cylindrical, very short, with coenosteum between them formed by costae and exothecal dissepiments. Costosepta compact or subcompact, granulated. Pali opposite all but last cycle. Wall dense, synapticulothecal. Columella papillose. Endothecal dissepiments thin.

Distribution

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

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

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 05-Sep-2014 18:21.

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


Pleurocora reptans (Pocta, 1887), holotype, photograph courtesy Dr. Eliasova
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Pleurocora gemmans (Michelin, 1846), syntype
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