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Ceratotrochus

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Type Species

Turbinolia multiserialis Michelotti, 1838; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Tertiary of Italy.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Solitary, trochoid, fixed or free. Costosepta compact, columella papillose, large. Pali absent. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Wall septothecal.

Distribution

  • Western Europe; Early Cretaceous
  • Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous - Miocene
  • North Africa; Late Cretaceous
  • Eastern Europe, North Africa; Paleocene - Eocene

This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 20:17.

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: Stephen D. Cairns


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