Crinopora

Orbigny, 1849

Crinopora Orbigny, 1849 is a nomen dubium (unavailable).

D'Orbigny used the form Alveolites massiliensis Michelin from the Late Cretaceous of France to create the genus Crinopora. Because 1) Alveolites represents a non-scleractinian (=tabulate Paleozoic group), 2) d'Orbigny's placing of his new genus is unclear (it could be a heterocoeniid scleractinian or a helioporid octocoral), and 3) type material has been unavailable for study, the taxonomic position of this taxon is unrecognizable.

Distribution

• Central Europe; Late Cretaceous - Paleocene

This page has been in preparation since 17-Aug-2010 16:45

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 17-Aug-2010 16:56.

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