MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CRETACEOUS CORAL GENUS <em>AULASTRAEOPORA</em> (LATE BARREMIAN-EARLY CENOMANIAN; SCLERACTINIA)

MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CRETACEOUS CORAL GENUS <em>AULASTRAEOPORA</em> (LATE BARREMIAN-EARLY CENOMANIAN; SCLERACTINIA)

The Cretaceous coral genus Aulastraeopora is being revised, mainly on the basis of sample material. This genus of solitary growth form is characterised by medium-sized to large specimens, compact septa in a regular hexameral or tetrameral symmetry and lonsdaleoid septa. Related genera are Preverastr...

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Main Author: HANNES LÖSER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2008-03-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Scleractinian corals
Aulastraeopora
Cretaceous
Systematics
Italy
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6366

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