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Makridinophyllia

Kuzmicheva, 1987, p. 152

Type Species

M. makrindini Kuzmacheva, 1987, p. 152, pl. 27, figs. 1-2; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Holotype; MGU 185/880; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Late Eocene: Southern Ukraine

Classification

Diagnosis

Corallum solitary, mushroom-like in shape, attached; septa arranged in Pourtalès plan; costae numerous; columella elliptical in shape.

Remarks

Because the original description and the illustration of the holotype differ in matters of coloniality and septal arrangement, Cairns (2001) was unable to properly characterize it and thus considered it to be a dendrophylliid genus of uncertain position. Monotypic.

This page has been in preparation since 07-Jul-2008 20:51

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 31-Oct-2008 20:09.

Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Ann Budd

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