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Haldonia

Duncan, 1879

Type Species

Haldonia vicaryi Duncan, 1879: 91; Original Designation Duncan, 1879: 91

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown

Type Locality: Upper Albian of England (Haldon Hill, UK).

The holotype of the type species is housed at NHM (London) under R.5373.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, massive, plocoid to subcerioid. Budding extracalicular. Costosepta compact, non-confluent, granulated. Columella absent, but trabecular extensions of axial septal ends may form pseudocolumella. Paliform structures present before S1. Wall parathecal to septoparathecal; septothecal thickenings present frequently. Endothecal dissepiments thin, vesicular to subtabulate.

Distribution

  • Western Europe; Early Cretaceous
  • Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous
  • Caribbean; Late Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 30-Oct-2016 16:20.

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


Haldonia vicaryi Duncan, 1879, holotype
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