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Rhectopsammia claibornensis
Rhectopsammia claibornensis
Description Name of object: Rhectopsammia claibornensis
Specimen ID: USNM M647320
Type Specimen: Not a Type
Locality: TU 923, Newton, Mississippi, Eocene
Scale Bar Length: 5.0 mm
Orientation: See remarks
Preparation Method: Skeleton Surface
Imaging Method: Photograph
Remark: (Illustrated by Wells, 1975). Calice of extremely well-preserved corallum showing Pourtalès plan
Copyright: Public domain
Author Cairns, 2001, Figure 7d, page 61 PNG file - 492.56 kB - 1 024 x 977 pixels added on 2023-02-2496 viewsScleractinia taxaDigital photo, entire species Rhectopsammia Vaughan, 1900 † accepted as Endopachys Lonsdale, 1845checked Hoeksema, Bert 2023-02-24Digital photo, entire species Rhectopsammia claibornensis Vaughan, 1900 †checked Hoeksema, Bert 2023-02-24 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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