Triphyllocoenia

Orbigny, 1849, p.7

Triphyllocoenia Orbigny, 1849, p.7 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Stylocoenia Milne Edwards, 1848.

Type Species

Triphyllocoenia excavata Orbigny 1849, p.7; Original Designation Orbigny, 1849: 7

Type Specimen: Lectotype; MNHN B24232; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Ancelle, Hautes-Alpes, France (Priabonian, Eocene)

The lectotype belongs in the genus Alveopora Blainville 1830. It is a deformed poorly preserved, ramose branch. Colony is cerioid, septa are lacking or at most found as weak ridges at the corallite wall; no axial structure seen; there are large pores in the corallite walls near the colony surface. (TA Stemann)

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This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 15-Jul-2012 21:47.

Page authors are: Tom Stemann Ann Budd. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Ann Budd