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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BRITISH FOSSIL CORALS.<br />
2. Genus Amplexus.<br />
Sowerby, Miner. Conchol., vol. i, p. 1G5 ;<br />
Amplexus and Cyathopsis, D'Orbigny, Prodrome <strong>de</strong> Paleontol.,<br />
vol. i, p. 105, 1850.<br />
Corallum resembling Zaphrentis, excepting that <strong>the</strong> septa do not extend to <strong>the</strong> centre<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> visceral chamber, and leave <strong>the</strong> upper surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tabulae naked and smooth in<br />
that part. The sejitalfossula well characterised in <strong>the</strong> upper portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> corallura, but<br />
not so on <strong>the</strong> lower floors. Tahul(B highly <strong>de</strong>veloped.<br />
Typ. sp., Amplexus coralloi<strong>de</strong>s, Sowerby, loc. cit., tab. Ixxii.<br />
3. Genus Menophyllum.<br />
Corallum resembling Zaphrentis, excepting that a small septal fossula is situated on<br />
each si<strong>de</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> large one, and that one half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> central part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> calice is occupied by<br />
an elevated, smooth portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tabula, which resembles a crescent.<br />
Typ. sp.,<br />
Menophyllum tenui-marginattim, nob.<br />
4. Genus Lophophyllum.<br />
Corallum resembling Zaphrentis, excepting that a crestiform columella occupies <strong>the</strong><br />
centre <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> calice, and is in continuity by one <strong>of</strong> its ends with a small septum, placed in<br />
<strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> septal fossula, and by <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r end with <strong>the</strong> opposite primary septum.<br />
Typ. sp.,<br />
Lophophyllum Konincki, nob.<br />
5. Genus Anisophyllum.<br />
Corallum resembhng Zaphrentis, excepting by <strong>the</strong> great <strong>de</strong>velopment <strong>of</strong> three primary<br />
septa, one <strong>of</strong> which is placed facing <strong>the</strong> septal fossula ; this /o.s'.S7//« extending much towards<br />
<strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
calice.<br />
visceral chamber, and ceasing <strong>the</strong>re to be distinct from <strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Typ. sp.,<br />
Anisophyllum Agassizi, nob.<br />
6. Ge7ius Baryphyllum.<br />
Corallum very short. Calice quite superficial. A slightly <strong>de</strong>veloped septal fossula,<br />
corresponding to one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> branches <strong>of</strong> a cross, <strong>the</strong> three o<strong>the</strong>r branches <strong>of</strong> which are<br />
constituted by well-<strong>de</strong>veloped primary septa. The younger septa not arranged in a regular<br />
radiate circle, but inclined obliquely towards <strong>the</strong> primary ones.<br />
Typ. sp., Baryphyllum Ferneuilanum, nob..