Dendrosmilia
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 468.
Type Species
Dendrosmilia duvaliana Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 468; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 468
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Eocene (Lutetian) of France (Auvert, Seine-et-Oise)
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, dendroid to subphaceloid. Gemmation extracalicinal. Corallites cylindrical to suboval, covered by granular stereome. Costosepta exsert, compact, granulated laterally. Columella spongy, well-developed. Endothecal dissepiments tabular.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Oligocene
- Eastern Europe; Early Cretaceous
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous - Eocene
This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 21-Apr-2017 14:22.
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: Stephen D. Cairns
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