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Peplosmilia

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. 57

Type Species

Peplosmilia austeni Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850: 57; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850: 57

Type Specimen: Holotype; NHMUK unknown; Not Traced; Unknown

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

Classification

Diagnosis

Solitary, subcylindrical, fixed. Septa slightly exsert, compact, granulated laterally. Endothecal dissepiments abundant, vesicular. Columella lamellar, well developed. Epitheca membraniform.

Distribution

  • Central Europe; Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
  • Western Europe; Early Cretaceous
  • Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous
  • North Africa; Early Cretaceous
  • Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous

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

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 24-Mar-2014 12:26.

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


Peplosmilia casanasi d'Angelis d'Ossat, 1905, syntype
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