Wadeopsammia Wells, 1933
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Genus Wadeopsammia Wells, 1933 View in CoL
Type species. Trochosmilia nodosa Wade, 1926 , Maastrichtian of the USA (Tennessee, Ripley Formation ) .
Diagnosis. Corallum simple, subconical, curved, with a small or slightly expanded base which may enclose a small tabular cavity. Upper surface broad and nearly flat, covered by radiating rows of low nodules corre- toward the base but arranged in rows forming costae near the calice. Rows of small pores present in the corallite walls between costae, usually filled near the base of the corallum. Upper edges of septa beaded or dentate, covered by long granules laterally. Septa laminar and imperforate in structure. Columella formed by cemented axial ends of septa, large and solid, but not styliform. Dissepiments absent.
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