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Latiphyllia

Fromentel, 1861, p. 164

Type Species

Lobophyllia requieni Michelin, 1841: 18.; Subsequent Designation Wells, 1936.

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown

Type Locality: Upper Turonian of France (Uchaux, Vaucluse).

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, flabello-meandroid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Calicinal centres distinct, arranged in series. Costosepta compact, confluent in the same series, carinated laterally. Columella absent or formed by irregular dissociated trabecular portions. Endothecal dissepiments numerous. Wall parathecal-epicostal.

Distribution

  • Central Asia; Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
  • Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
  • East Asia; Early Cretaceous
  • North America; Early Cretaceous
  • South America; Early Cretaceous
  • Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
Jurassic: Ukraine, Cretaceous: Austra, France, Ukraine, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Japan, Turkmenistan;

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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 09-Jun-2016 17:54.

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


Latiphyllia deformis (Reuss, 1854), topotype, Felix collection
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