Stylocyathus d’Orbigny, 1850
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241335 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24287AB-FF98-8E6B-7DFF-71F56927F96F |
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Felipe |
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Stylocyathus d’Orbigny, 1850 |
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Genus Stylocyathus d’Orbigny, 1850 View in CoL
(= Stylotrochus de Fromentel, 1862, Type species. Stylotrochus arcuatus de Fromentel, 1862, Senonian of France [Var]).
Type species. Stylocyathus dentalinus d’Orbigny, 1850 View in CoL , Cenomanian of France .
Diagnosis. Solitary corallum, turbinate or ceratoid, fixed or free. Costosepta compact. Pali in one irregular crown opposite first 2 cycles. Columella trabecular, appearing substyliform or formed by 2 or 3 twisted laths. Wall septothecal. Endothecal dissepiments rare.
Affinities. The genus Stylocyathus d’Orbigny shows close affinities to the genus Stephanosmilia de Fromentel but differs from the latter in having both a different corallum shape and develoment of axial structures (trochoid to subcylindrical, fixed, and pali in two crowns in front of S1 and S 2 in Stephanosmilia ).
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