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Truncoconus

Turnsek, in Turnsek and Mihajlovic, 1981, p. 34

Type Species

Truncoconus inclinatus Turnšek, in Turnšek and Mihajlovic, 1981: 34; Original Designation Turnšek, in Turnšek and Mihajlovic, 1981: 34

Type Specimen: Holotype; wamu-464; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type locality: Barremian-Lower Aptian of eastern Serbia.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Solitary, truncated, ?free. Epithecal wall present, basally. Corallum narrows upwards and is truncated in its upper part. Calicular pit elongated, in places filled with septa. Septa compact with rare pores, laterally covered with large granulae. Endothecal dissepiments long, tabulate. Synapticulae sparse. Microstructure composed of simple trabeculae.

Remarks

See Remarks under Felixaraea Beauvais, 1982.

Distribution

  • Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
  • Central Europe; Late Cretaceous

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

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 13-Feb-2014 21:17.

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


Truncoconus inclinatus Turnsek, 1981, holotype, photograph courtesy Dr. Turnsek
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