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Onchotrochus

Duncan, 1869, p. 4

Type Species

Onchotrochus serpentinus Duncan, 1869, p. 4, pl. 6, figs. 1-4.; Subsequent Designation Vaughan and Wells, 1943, p. 224

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Campanian to Maastrichtian of England (Count. Kent, UK)

Classification

Diagnosis

Solitary, scolecoid, fixed. Septa compact, nonexsert, smooth marginally. Columella and pali absent. Wall marginothecal.

Remarks

For more information on paleoecology and ontogeny of this genus see Helm and Richter (1999).

Distribution

  • Central Europe, Eastern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
  • Western Europe; Late Cretaceous
  • Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 08-Jul-2010 18:43

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 16-Sep-2010 17:11.

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


Onchotrochus hatifnatus Stolarski and Eliasova, 1997, holotype, photographs courtesy Dr. Eliasova
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