Palocyathus Filkorn 1994

Genus Palocyathus Filkorn, 1994 Type species. Palocyathus seymourensis Filkorn, 1994, Maastrichtian of Antarctic Peninsula (López de Bertodano Formation, Seymour Island). Diagnosis. Solitary, conical-cuneiform, free, with pointed base and circular in outline. Costosepta compact, exsert, hexamerally...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Turbinoliidae
Palocyathus
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Seymour
Seymour Island
Antarc*
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5241468
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241468
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Summary:Genus Palocyathus Filkorn, 1994 Type species. Palocyathus seymourensis Filkorn, 1994, Maastrichtian of Antarctic Peninsula (López de Bertodano Formation, Seymour Island). Diagnosis. Solitary, conical-cuneiform, free, with pointed base and circular in outline. Costosepta compact, exsert, hexamerally arranged, finely granulated laterally. Costae narrow, beaded ridges, higher cycle costae (C3–4) originate by trifurcation near corallum base. Pali in front of S2 and S3, small. Columella papillose. Published as part of Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, pp. 1-244 in Zootaxa 1952 on page 96

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