Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi Alloiteau, 1952

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 194

Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi Alloiteau, 1952

Pl. 20, figs 2a, b

*1952a Dermosmiliopsis Orbignyi ALL. 1950 : Alloiteau, p. 671. nom. nud.

1957 Dermosmiliopsis Orbignyi nov. gen. nov. sp.: Alloiteau, pl. 4, figs 6a–b.

1978 Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi Alloiteau 1957 : Turnšek & Polšak, p. 159, 176, pl. 15, figs 1–7.

pars1982 Barysmilia tenuicosta (Reuss) 1854 : Beauvais, vol. 1, p. 182, pl. 14, fig. 9a non fig. 9b.

2000 Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi, Alloiteau 1952 : Löser, p. 28.

2002 Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi Alloiteau, 1952 : Baron-Szabo, p. 154.

v2006 Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi Alloiteau, 1952 : Schafhauser et al., p. 190, tab. 1.

v2006 Dermosmiliopsis orbignyi Alloiteau, 1952 : Baron-Szabo et al., p. 24, fig. 5.8.

Dimensions. d= 10–17 mm, 6.5– 9 mm in juvenile corallites; s=96, up to around 130, in juvenile corallites s=48–70.

Description. Phaceloid-subdendroid colony; gemmation extracalicinal (marginal); septa subcompact to porous, with strongly beaded margins, arranged in 5 complete cycles with the beginning sixth cycle in 6 systems in adult corallites; columella spongy-papillose; endothecal dissepiments sparse, subtabulate, thin; synapticulae abundant; wall synapticulothecal.

Type locality of species. Upper Santonian of France (Aude) .

Distribution. Upper Santonian of France, Santonian-Campanian of Croatia, Maastrichtian of Mexico (Cardenas Formation).