Cladophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
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Genus Cladophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851b
Type species. Lithodendron dichotomum Goldfuss, 1826, Upper Jurassic of Germany (Giengen) (see Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851b); subsequent designation by Wells, 1933.
Diagnosis. Colonial, phaceloid. Corallites laterally free, temporarily fused with walls. Gemmation by septal division with succeeding dichotomic forking of corallites. Symmetry radial or radiobilateral. Corallites subcircular in cross section. Calicular edge sharp. Septa nonexsert. Septal faces with small and sharply pointed granulae. Inner edge with regular, auricular denticles. Interseptal anastomosis present. Columella essential, trabecular. Endotheca composed of tabulate dissepiments and incomplete ring of large peripheral dissepiments. Septotheca thick with transversely wrinkled surface. Trabeculae between 30 and 80 µm in diameter.
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- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/2E7BFFD3FFD88E2B7D6875186C3FFFD1 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/D24287ABFF128EE17DFF758F6941FD98 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Faviidae
- Genus
- Cladophyllia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Milne Edwards & Haime
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cladophyllia Edwards, 1851 sec. Baron-Szabo, 2008
References
- Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. (1851 b) Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains paleozoiques. Archives du museum d'histoire naturelle, 5, 502 pp, pls. 1 - 20.
- Goldfuss, A. (1826 - 1829) Petrefacta Germaniae. Vol. 1. Arnz, Dusseldorf, pp. 1 - 114.
- Wells, J. W. (1933) Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 18, 1 - 207.