A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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INTRODUCTION.<br />
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4. Genus Fistulipora.<br />
M'Coy, Ann. and Mag. <strong>of</strong> Nat. Hist., 2d series, vol. iii, p. 130, 1849.<br />
Corallum with vesicular coeiienchyma ;<br />
thick walls and infmidibuhform tabulae.<br />
Typ. sp., Fistulipora minor, M'Coy, loc. cit., figs, a, b.<br />
5. Ge7lUS PliASMOPORA.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, Comptes rend., t. xxix, p. 2C2, 1849.<br />
Corallum free, sub-hemispheric, with a basal plate covered with an epi<strong>the</strong>ca presenting<br />
concentric folds. Calices immersed. Septa rudimentary. Tabulce horizontal. Walls<br />
thin. Ccenenchyma composed <strong>of</strong> large, vertical, radiate lamina^, united by smaller horizontal<br />
plates, and resembling much <strong>the</strong> costal cceneuchyma <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Astreidae.<br />
Typ. sp., Plasmopora petaliformis, nob. ; Porites jjetaliformis, Lonsdale, in Murchison, Sil. Syst.,<br />
pi. svi, fig. 4.<br />
6. Genus Propora.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, Comptes rend., t. xxix, p. 262, 1849.<br />
Coralliun difi'ering from <strong>the</strong> preceding genus by <strong>the</strong> calices having exsert margins ;<br />
septa being more <strong>de</strong>veloped, and extending outwards so as to constitute small costae.<br />
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exclusis).<br />
Typ. sp., Propora tuhulata, nob. ; Porites tuhulata, Lonsdale, SU. Syst., pi. xvi, figs. 3, 3", 3' (cseteris<br />
7. Genus Axopora.<br />
Corallum composite, incrusting, and forming thin expansions, which are <strong>of</strong>ten superposed.<br />
CcenencJiipna abundant, find forming irregular ridges between <strong>the</strong> calices, which<br />
are small and <strong>de</strong>ep. Sejjta rudimentary. Columella well <strong>de</strong>veloped, fasciculate, and<br />
expanding at its passage through each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tabulae.<br />
Typ. sp., Axcpora pyriformis, nob. ; Geodia pyriformis, Michelin, Icon., tab. xlvi, fig. 2.<br />
8. Genus Lobopora.<br />
Corallum having <strong>the</strong> same structure as in <strong>the</strong> preceding genus, but forming large,<br />
thick, foliaceous expansions, <strong>the</strong> two smfaces <strong>of</strong> which are covered with calices.<br />
Typ. sp., Lobopora Solan<strong>de</strong>ri, nob. ; Palmipora Solan<strong>de</strong>ri, Michelin, op. cit., tab. xlv, fig. 9.