Pokljukosmilia
Turnšek, 1989: 85
Type Species
Pokljukosmilia tuvalica Turnšek, 1989: 85, pl. 5, fig.1-5, pl. 6, fig.1-3; Monotypy Turnšek, 1989: 85
Type Specimen: Holotype; P-854; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Pokljuka Mountain, Pokljuka-1475 (P-854), and P-852, North -West Slovenia. Tuvalian, Late Carnian
Classification
Diagnosis
Phaceloid. Increase by subsymmetric division (fission). Epithecal wall pellicular. Axial fossula elongated. Septa not abundant, thin, differentiated into 3 (4) size orders. Septal sides with granulation. Endotheca dissepimental.Traces of microstructure in the form of a mid-septal line, which is continuous or, rarely, dissociated into points.
Description
Descriptions of the type species (Turnšek and Buser 1989, Ramovš and Turnšek 1991), although based on thin sections, are very brief, because the material is deeply recrystallized.
Comparisons
Phaceloid corallum is similar to coralla of the species of Retiophyllia Cuif which are devoid apophyses. Corallite morphology, generally, is similar to morphologies occurring in Retiophyllia, differing in much elongated axial fossula. Any details of the skeleton structure cannot be compared due to a deep recrystallization of the skeleton.
Remarks
Only one species is present in limestones of the late Carnian and early Norian.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Late Triassic
Tuvalian and Lac of the North-West Slovenia.This page has been in preparation since 18-Aug-2009 18:06
This version was contributed by Ewa Roniewicz on 07-Nov-2010 13:43.
Page authors are: Ewa Roniewicz. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ewa Roniewicz
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