Dimorphocoenia
Fromentel, 1857, p. 55
Type Species
Dimorphastrea crassisepta d'Orbigny, 1850, vol. 2, p. 93.; Subsequent Designation de Froemntel, 1857: 55.
Type Specimen: Syntype; ; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Lower Hauterivian of France (Haute-Marne).
The type material of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under 5293.
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid. Gemmation due to circumoral budding. Septa compact, confluent, granulated laterally. Columella absent. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular to subtabulate. No wall between the corallites.
Distribution
- Southern Europe;
- Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:35
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 09-Jun-2016 17:45.
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
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