Coryphyllia
Cuif, 1975: 380
Type Species
Coryphyllia regularis Cuif, 1975: 380: text-fig. 37, 38; Monotypy Cuif, 1975: 380
Type Specimen: Holotype; MNHN ; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Valley Alakir Cay, Taurus Mountains, Anatolia, Turkey. Lower Norian, LateTriassic
Classification
Diagnosis
Solitary with pellicular wall. Radial elements costoseptal; septa of the highest size order frequently lonsdaleoid in type. Dissepiments vesicular, abundant. Mid-septal zone straight or ondulated.
Description
Well described and illustrated in Cuif 1975. Additional illustration in Roniewicz 1996:pl.4,fig.6, showing wall region in the topotype specimen of C. regularis.
Comparisons
From Distichophyllia it differs in septal microstructure with the mid-septal zone straight or ondulated, not zigzag, in lateral septal stereome poorly organized, and in having lonsdaleoid septa. In simple epithecal wall it differs from Cuifia which is charactrized by a peculiar structure of the wall showing wall segments (Roniewicz 1996).
Remarks
Only the type species has been described.
This page has been in preparation since 18-Apr-2009 23:26
This version was contributed by Ewa Roniewicz on 09-Nov-2010 17:59.
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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