Species
Mucophyllum toomae Kazantseva, Koromyslova et Krutykh
Taxon description
Kazantseva et al., 2024
Diagnosis: Large or medium-sized discoid, solitary rugose coral with a broad calice platform, and a flat-bottomed central pit. The septa are thick and quite numerous. No axial structure and dissepiments were present. The epitheca is thick, septal furrows are strongly pronounced on the sides of the calice. The central zone is free of skeleton elements.
Type specimen data
Synonymy list
2024 Mucophyllum toomae Kazantseva sp. nov. — Kazantseva, Koromyslova et Krutykh , pp. 264, fig. fig. 2
Selection of related publications
Kazantseva, E. S., Koromyslova, A. V., Krutykh, A. A. 2024. A new species of Mucophyllum rugose coral encrusted by bryozoans, tentaculoid tubeworms, and tabulates from the upper Silurian of Saaremaa, Estonia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen 312, 3, 261-273. DOI:10.1127/njgpa/2024/1211
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Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Cnidaria |
Subphylum | Anthozoa |
Subclass | Rugosa |
Order | Stauriida |
Suborder | Streptelasmatina |
Family | Mucophyllidae |
Genus | Mucophyllum |
Species | crateroides |
toomae |
References based on distribution
- Kazantseva et al., 2024 Ilpla Kuressaare Stage