Palaeohelia
Alloiteau, 1958
Type Species
Palaeohelia collignoni Alloiteau, 1958: 119.; Original Designation Alloiteau, 1958: 119.
Type Specimen: Syntype; M05127; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Upper Albian of Madagascar Majunga).
Classification
Diagnosis
Colonial, dendroid. Corallites short, embedded in a dense coenenchyme. Gemmation extracalicinal (-marginal). Septa compact, radially arranged, margins feebly granulated, laterally spinose. Costae absent or very reduced. Anastomosis rarely present. Columella spongy. Pali present in two crowns. Endothecal dissepiments sparse.
Distribution
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
Late Cretaceous: France, Czech Republic. Early Cretaceous: Madagascar.This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 01-Sep-2010 19:13.
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
|