Cerionefocoenia Reig Oriol, 1995

Löser, Hannes, 2012, Revision of the family Hemiporitidae (Scleractinia, Late Cretaceous), Geodiversitas 34 (2), pp. 399-407 : 402

Genus Cerionefocoenia Reig Oriol, 1995

TYPE SPECIES. — Cerionefocoenia iberica (by original designation).

SPECIES INCLUDED. — Type species.

RANGE AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. — Early Late Campanian of northern Spain.

DIAGNOSIS. — Cerioid colony with polygonal or elongated calices. Septa compact, thick, in a radial symmetry. Septal faces smooth. Costae are confluent to non-confluent. Wall septothecal, but incomplete, leaving in places channel-like connections between calices. Columella lamellar. Endotheca consists of few dissepiments. Budding intracalicinal.

REMARKS

This genus was originally placed in the Faviidae family, which is probably only a lapsus calami – the derivation of the genus name from Nefocoenia refers to a genus of the Hemiporitidae family and it is probably that Reig Oriol was aware of this.