Pachynefocoenia
Reig Oriol, 1989, p. 8
Pachynefocoenia Reig Oriol, 1989, p. 8 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Barysmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 274.
Type Species
Pachynefocoenia danieli Reig Oriol, 1989, p. 8, pl. 1, figs. 1-2, pl. 4, figs. 3-4; Original Designation Reig Oriol, 1989, p. 8
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Campanian of Spain (Torallola).
The holotype of the type species is housed at MGSB (Barcelona) under 47205.
Classification
Remarks
According to Reig Oriol (1989, p. 8), the genus Pachynefocoenia is a plocoid colony that has compact costosepta in both radial and bilateral arrangement; septothecal and synapticulothecal walls; extracalicinal budding; twisted columella; tabulate exotheca. However, the images and figures of the type specimen cleary show a colony that is massive but also has polyps that are in subfasciculate (no lateral connection between some of the corallites), plocoid or subplocoid integration. In addition to extracalicinal budding, the presence of intracalicinal multiplication, that leads to a submeandroid polyp integration type, can be observed. Moreover, the skeletal structures that, according to Reig Oriol, are supposed to show synapticulothecal developments, rather indicate septothecal to septoparathecal walls, thus very closely corresponding to Barysmilia. Therefore, their synonmy is suggested.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 01-Sep-2010 18:58.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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