Flabellum conoideum Vaughan, 1900

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Flabellum conoideum Vaughan, 1900

Pl. 7, figs 2, 9a–10b

v*1900 Flabellum conoideum sp. nov.: Vaughan, p. 56, pl. 3, figs 1–4.

v1900 Flabellum conoideum var. mathewsense var. nov.: Vaughan, p. 58, pl. 3, figs5–6a.

v1935 Flabellum conoideum Vaughan : Vaughan & Popenoe, p. 326, pl. 3, fig. 1.

v1935 Flabellum conoideum var. Mathewsense Vaughan: Vaughan & Popenoe, p. 327, pl. 3, fig. 2.

v1935 Flabellum texense Vaughan & Popenoe new species: Vaughan & Popenoe, p. 327, pl. 3, figs 3–5.

(v)1977 Flabellum conoideum Vaughan : Toulmin, p. 145, pl. 1, figs 3, 4.

(v)1977 Flabellum conoideum mathewsense Vaughan : Toulmin, p. 145, pl. 1, figs 5, 6.

? 1993 Caryophyllia conodeum? Vaughan and Popenoe : Hansen et al., p. 257, Table 1.

Dimensions. d (min)=6.5– 16 mm; d (max)=7.6– 18 mm; d (min)/d (max)=0.75–0.9; s=48–72; h=up to 14 mm.

Description. Slightly compressed corallum; septa developed in 4 cycles in 6 systems with the beginning of a fifth one; in corallite of around 7 mm in diameter 48 septa are present; in adult coralla S1, S2, and some of S3 dominant; the variety F. mathewsense has well-developed costae corresponding to S1 and S2, but grades directly into the typical form of F. conoideum .

Type locality of species. Paleocene of the USA ( Prairie Creek , Wilcox County, Alabama) .

Distribution. Paleocene of the USA (both members of Porters Creek Formation, Alabama; Kincaid and

Wills Point Formations, Texas).