Wadeopsammia nodosa (Wade, 1926)

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 40

Wadeopsammia nodosa (Wade, 1926)

Pl 3, figs 1a, b

v*1926 Trochosmilia nodosa n. sp.: Wade, p. 26, pl. 1, figs 1, 2, 5.

v1933 Wadeopsammia nodosa (Wade) : Wells, p. 228, pl. 12, figs 14–15, pl. 15, figs 23–25.

2000 Wadeopsammia nodosa (Wade 1926) : Löser, p. 86.

v2001 Wadeopsammia nodosa: Cairns , p 20–21, figs 3f–3i.

v2002 Wadeopsammia nodosa (Wade, 1926) : Baron-Szabo, p 79, pl. 57, figs 3–4.

Dimensions. d=3.3 mm; s=36; h= 3 mm.

Description. Having the characters of the genus; septa arranged in 3 complete cycles with the beginning of a fourth one. According to Cairns (2001, p. 21) the holotype represents a juvenile corallum. In excluding a second specimen reported for this genus by Wells (1933, p. 228), that has a papillose columella and lacks thecal porosity, Cairns states that the genus has been known from only the holotype, and therefore remains a poorly known taxon.

Type locality of species. Maastrichtian of the USA (Tennessee, Ripley Formation ) .

Distribution. Campanian-Maastrichtian of the USA (Ripley and Navarro Formations).