Platytrochus claibornensis de Gregorio, 1890

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 97

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scientific name	Platytrochus claibornensis de Gregorio, 1890
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Platytrochus claibornensis de Gregorio, 1890 View in CoL

Pl. 8, Fig. 6

*1890 Platytrochus Claibornensis de Greg. : de Gregorio, p. 255, pl. 45, figs 21, 22.

v1935 Platytrochus primaevus n. sp.: Vaughan & Popenoe, p. 336, pl. 3, figs 19, 20.

(v)1975 Platytrochus claibornensis Gregorio, 1890 : Kuzmicheva, p. 21, pl. 2, figs 3a, 3b.

(v)1987 Platytrochus claibornensis Gregorio, 1890 : Kuzmicheva, p. 140, pl. 24, figs 10a, 10b.

1997 Platytrochus primaevus Vaughan and Popenoe, 1935 : Cairns, p. 29.

1997 Platytrochus claibornensis (de Gregorio, 1890) View in CoL : Cairns, p. 29.

Dimensions. d (min)= 3–4 mm; d (max)=4.5– 6 mm; d (min)/d (max)=0.5–0.67; s=36–44; h=up to 9 mm.

Description. Conical corallum, compressed in outline; costosepta arranged in 4 incomplete cycles in 6 systems; S1, S2, and some of S3 extend to corallite centre.

Type locality of species. Middle Eocene ( Upper Claibornian ) of the USA (Alabama) .

Distribution. Middle-Upper Paleocene of Ukraine, Paleocene (Midwayan, Texas)-Middle Eocene (Upper Claibornian, Alabama) of the USA.