A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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CORALS FROM THE GAULT.<br />
CHAPTER VI.<br />
CORALS FROM THE GAULT.<br />
The Fossil Corals coutaiiied in <strong>the</strong> Gault are more numerous than those imbed<strong>de</strong>d in<br />
<strong>the</strong> upper greensand and <strong>the</strong> lower chalk. ]\Iost <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m belong to <strong>the</strong> family <strong>of</strong><br />
Turbinolidae, and <strong>the</strong> principal localities where <strong>the</strong>y have been met with in England are<br />
Folkstone and Cambridge.<br />
Family TURBINOLIDAE (p.<br />
xi).<br />
Tribe CYATHININ^E (p. xii).<br />
L Genus Cyathina (p.<br />
xii).<br />
Cyathina Bowerbankii. Tab. XI, fig. 1, \a, \b.<br />
Cyathina Bowerbaxkii, Milne Edwards and J. Haime, Monogr. Turbin., in Ann. <strong>de</strong>s S'c.<br />
Nat., 3'" serie, vol. ix, p. 292, 1848.<br />
Coi'allum simple, elongated, tm-binate, very narrow, and slightly bent near <strong>the</strong> basis,<br />
which does not appear to have expan<strong>de</strong>d much. Wall quite naked. Cosfce almost flat,<br />
distinct from <strong>the</strong> basis, or nearly so, covered with small granulations, nearly equal, and<br />
showing a slight ten<strong>de</strong>ncy to form binary groups. Calice circular. Columella not nmcii<br />
<strong>de</strong>veloped, and composed <strong>of</strong> twisted bla<strong>de</strong>s. Septa forming four complete cycla; very<br />
thin, but slightly granulated, and ra<strong>the</strong>r unequal. Those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> last cyclum very little<br />
<strong>de</strong>veloped, and <strong>the</strong> tertiary ones ra<strong>the</strong>r thickened towards <strong>the</strong> inner edge. Pali corresponding<br />
to <strong>the</strong> penultimate cyclum <strong>of</strong> septa, and ra<strong>the</strong>r broad. Height <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> coral,<br />
eight or nine lines ; diameter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> calice, three lines and a half.<br />
This <strong>fossil</strong> was found in <strong>the</strong> Gault at Folkstone, by our friend Mr. Bowerbank. All<br />
<strong>the</strong> specimens that we have seen were very incomplete, but some showed all <strong>the</strong> principal<br />
characters represented in <strong>the</strong> figures which we have given.<br />
C. Bowerhanhii is easily distinguished from C. Smitldi and C pseudoturbinoUa, by not<br />
having a fifth cyclum <strong>of</strong> septa. It differs also from C. arcuata by <strong>the</strong> <strong>de</strong>licacy <strong>of</strong> its septa,<br />
and from C. Guaxlulpeims by <strong>the</strong> circular form <strong>of</strong> its calice, and its round columella.