Pleurocora Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Pleurocora Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 |
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Genus Pleurocora Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
(= Psammiophora Fromentel, 1870 , Type species. Psammiophora cenomana Fromentel, 1870 , Cenomanian of France);
(= Phyllohelia Alloiteau, 1952a , Type species. Pleurocora explanata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848d , Maastrichtian of Belgium);
(= Latohelia Löser, 1987 , Type species. Synhelia reptans Počta, 1887, Cenomanian of the Czech Republic);
(=? Barycora Alloiteau, 1952a , Type species. Barycora corbariensis Alloiteau, 1952a , Lower Coniacian of France).
Type species. Lithodendron gemmans Michelin, 1846 , Lower Coniacian of France (see Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848d).
Diagnosis. Colonial, subplocoid to subphacelo-dendroid. Corallites cylindrical, very short, with coenosteum between them formed by costae and exothecal dissepiments. Costosepta compact or subcompact, granulated. Pali opposite all but last cycle. Wall dense, synapticulothecal. Columella papillose. Endothecal dissepiments thin.
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