Dasmiopsis
Oppenheim, 1930, p. 542
Type Species
Trochocyathus lamellicostatus Reuss, 1854; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Upper Turonian-Santonian of Austria (Gosau Group at Gosau).
The holotype of the type species is housed at NHMW (Vienna) under 1864/0040/1214 (543).
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary, trochoid. Outer surface of corallum strongly ribbed. Costae of first 2 cycles normal, those of higher cycles bent toward those of lower cycles and covered by stereome, giving appearance of only 12 costae. Costosepta compact, arranged radially or bilaterally, finely granulated marginally. Columella thick, lamellar. Endothecal dissepiments abundant. Wall consists of a dissepimental stereozone, covered by a multilamellar epitheca.
Distribution
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous - Paleocene
This page has been in preparation since 08-Jul-2010 17:13
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 20:48.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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