Batopora rosula REUSS , 1847

ZÁGORŠEK, KAMIL, 2010, BRYOZOA FROM THE LANGHIAN (MIOCENE) OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC PART II: SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBORDER ASCOPHORA LEVINSEN, 1909 AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STUDIED PALEOENVIRONMENT, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 66 (3 - 4), pp. 139-255 : 139-255

Batopora rosula REUSS, 1847

Pl. 83, Fig. 4

v. * 1847 Cellepora rosula m. – Reuss p. 78, pl. 9, fig. 17

1877 Batopora rosula (REUSS) – Manzoni p. 54, pl. 2, fig. 6

1976 Batopora rosula (REUSS) – Cook and Lagaaij p. 351, pl. 3, fig. 2,3, pl. 4, fig. 1,2

v. 1977 Batopora rosula (REUSS) – Vávra p. 161

T y p e: Lectotype deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna under the number 1852.I(or L).1140. ( David and Pouyet, 1974).

M a t e r i a l: Altogether 3 specimens were studied, each from a different section.

D i a g n o s i s: Small conical colonies. Autozooecia with circular, terminal apertures with a shallow sinus and small lateral areolar pores. A drop-like kenozooecium is situated at the apex, on the top of the conical colony. Ovicell and avicularia were not found.

R e m a r k s: Only a few not well-preserved colonies have been found. The preservation of the typical general shape of the colony as well as the circular autozooecia with their lateral areolar pores however allow a precise determination.

Unassigned genus of the Ascophora Genus Hippomenella CANU et BASSLER, 1917

Colony erect or encrusting. Frontal wall with numerous marginal pores, central area nonporous. Aperture with a wide, but short sinus (poster). Oral spines present. Avicularia adventitious. Ovicell prominent, nonporous.