Tubicora aylmeri ( Gregory, 1900 )

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Tubicora aylmeri ( Gregory, 1900)

Pl. 21, fig. 1

v*1900 Calamophyllia aylmeri , sp. nov.: Gregory, p. 31, pl. 1, fig. 3.

(v)1958 Sagittastraea pivetaui nov. sp.: Alloiteau & Tissier, p. 247, pl. 2, figs 1 a–b.

1993 Tubicora aylmeri Gregory, 1900 : Carbone, et al., p. 227, figs 11 f–g.

Dimensions. d=3–4.5 mm, juvenile around 2 mm; s=24+s4.

Description. Phaceloid corallum; corallites circular in outline connected by cross-tubuli which are 1.5– 5 mm in diameter; costosepta generally straight; S1 and some of S2 reach center of calice; remaining septa alternate in length and thickness; columella styliform to substyliform; wall septoparathecal in upper part of corallite, septothecal deeper.

Type locality of species. Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene of Somalia .

Distribution. Paleocene of France, Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene of Somalia.