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Paleofavosites transiens

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Paleofavosites transiens Stearn p. 62 figs. Pl. IV, figs. 2, 3; Pl. VIII, fig. 9; Pl. X, fig. 15
1985Paleofavosites transiens Pandolfi p. 27 figs. Pl. 11, fig 3; Pl. 16, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyFavositoidea(Dana 1846)
familyFavositidaeDana 1846
genusPaleofavositesTwenhofel 1914
speciestransiensStearn 1956

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Paleofavosites transiens Stearn 1956
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. M. Pandolfi 1985Coralla are hemispherical and have hexagonal corallites with a mean diameter of 2.2 mm. Walls are 0.2 mm thick and either straight or curved in longitu dinal section. Mural pores are abundant in both corallite walls and corners. Mural pores are commonly 0.1-0.2 mm in diameter, although where they occur in the corallite wall they may reach a diameter of 0.3 mm. Pores in the wall are between 0.8 and 1.0 mm apart in a single row, or irregularly scattered. Pores at the corners are set in small poral processes and are commonly 0.5 mm apart, but three may occur in 1.0 mm. Septal spines may be present. Tabulae, where preserved, are variable in form.