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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