Species

Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871)

Taxon description

Klaamann, 1966b

Corallum flat or irregularly hemispheric. Corallites form rather homogeneous small meshes of 5—9 corallites. Form of corallites elliptic, of 1.0—1.1 X 1-4—1.7 mm. Thickness of walls at the sides of corallites about 0.2 mm. Tabulae horizontal, densely placed, at intervals of 0.2—0.6 mm. Septal spinules developed in 12 rows, they are coarse, reaching with their ends the centre of corallites.

Synonyymit
1871     Halysites elegans nov. spec. — Fischer-Benzon , pp. 21, fig. 3:4-5
1955     Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon) — Buehler , pp. 40-41
1961     Catenipora immemorata sp. n. — Klaamann , pp. 90-91, fig. 10:4-5
1966     Catenipora elegans (Fischer-Benzon, 1871) — Klaamann , pp. 29,54-55, fig. 15:1-4
Aiheeseen liittyvät julkaisut
Klaamann, E. R. 1966. The incommunicate tabulata of Estonia. ENSV TA Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused 1-97. Eesti NSV TA Geoloogia Instituut.
Klaamann, E. R. 1961. The Wenlockian tabulata and heliolitida of Estonia. ENSV TA Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused VI, 69-112.