Diplogyra
Eguchi, 1936, p. 70
Type Species
Diplogyra lamellosa Eguchi, 1936: 70.; Original Designation Eguchi, 1936: 70.
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Aptian-Lower Albian of Japan ('Orbitolina sandstone').
The holotype of the type species is housed at TUM (Tokyo) under 35258
Classification
Diagnosis
Colonial, massive, meandroid. Gemmation intracalicinal, resulting in meandroid series separated by tholiform, sometimes tectiform collines, and ambulacrae. Corallites generally indistinct. Costosepta compact, nonconfluent, spinose and ?carinate laterally. Columella absent. Endothecal dissepiments subhorizontal. Wall septoparathecal.
Remarks
Affinities. Similar to Eugyra but shows montlivaltiid structures and calicinal series separated by ambulacrae.
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:35
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 09-Jun-2016 17:48.
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
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