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Brachiatusmilia

Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, p. 249

Type Species

B. fuxeensis Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, p.250, pl. 1, fig. 11; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Syntype; ; Not Traced; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Early Paleocene: Bioues Province, France

21 syntypes. Uncertain affinites within the Caryophylliodea.

Classification

Diagnosis

Corallum colonial (dendroid) with exclusively lateral branching; septotheca covered by a thin epitheca; rudimentary exotheca; axial edges of S3 joint to S2, and S2 to S1; columella lamellar; tabular endotheca well developed.

Comparisons

Said by the authors to resemble Goniocorella, but differing in its lateral branching, epitheca, lamellar columella, and fusion of inner septal edges.

Remarks

1 fossil species

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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 24-Oct-2008 17:30.

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: Stephen D. Cairns

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