Brachycyathus
Milne Edwards, 1848
Brachycyathus Milne Edwards, 1848 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Discocyathus Milne Edwards, 1848e, p. 296.
Type Species
Brachycyathus orbignyanus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 295; Unknown
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Neocomian of France (Haute Alpes)
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under B14896.
Remarks
Vaughan and Wells (1943) and Wells (1956) stated that Brachycyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, represented a junior synonym of Discocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848. Because Milne Edwards and Haime (1848, p. 295) gave the description of Brachycyathus before Discocyathus (see Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 295-296), the synonymy should have been vice versa. However, because Discocyathus has been given priority over Brachycyathus for at least 5 decades and in order to avoid further confusion, the latter is kept in synonymy (Baron-Szabo, 2002).
Distribution
- Central Europe; Early Cretaceous
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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 16-Aug-2010 14:58.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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