Columellogyra
Turnsek, 1976, in Turnšek and Buser, 1976: 22 and 44
Type Species
Columellogyra lomensis Turnšek, in Turnšek and Buser, 1976: 22 and 44; Original Designation Turnšek, in Turnšek and Buser, 1976: 22 and 44
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Senonian of Slovenia.
The holotype of the type species is housed at SAZU (Ljubljana, Slovenia) under P-619.
Classification
Diagnosis
Colonial, hydnophoroid to hydnophoro-meandroid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Collines are wide and generally short. Corallites have unclear centres and are arranged in meandroid to circumoral series. Columellar structures unclear. Endothecal dissepiments numerous, vesicular. Wall septothecal.
Remarks
The first description by Turnšek (1976, in Turnšek and Buser, 1976) was later revised by Sikharulidze (1985). According to Kuzmicheva and Aliev (1988) the specimens described as Columellogyra by Turnšek (1976, in Turnšek and Buser, 1976) belong to the genus Columnogyra L. Beauvais, 1976 which is characterized by cerioid polyps and a lamellar columella. However, as pointed out by Sikharulidze (1985) the structures thought to be columellar images actually represent elevated (hydnophoroid) septothecal walls of calicinal series.
Distribution
- Central Asia; Early Cretaceous
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:35
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 20:27.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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