Colpophyllia
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 492
Type Species
Meandrina gyrosa Lamarck, 1816, p. 247; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 492
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Lost; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: unknown
Meandrina gyrosa was later synonymized with Madrepora natans Houttuyn (1772), see Wells (1936). The holotype of Meandrina gyrosa (Lamarck) is lost (A. Andouche, pers. comm. 2009)
Classification
Synonyms
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Caribbean; Late Cretaceous
- Western Europe; Eocene
- Southern Europe; Eocene
- Eastern Europe; Eocene
- North America; Eocene
- Central America; Eocene
- Caribbean; Eocene
- Western Europe; Oligocene
- Southern Europe; Oligocene
- North Africa; Oligocene
- South Asia; Oligocene
- Caribbean; Oligocene
- South America; Oligocene
- West Asia; Oligocene
- Caribbean, Southeast Asia; Miocene - Pliocene
- Western Europe; Miocene
- Southern Europe; Miocene
- East Asia; Miocene
- Central America; Miocene
- Caribbean; Miocene
- South America; Miocene
- Southeast Asia; Miocene
- Central America, Caribbean; Pliocene - Pleistocene
- North America; Pleistocene
- Central America; Pleistocene
- Caribbean; Pleistocene
- South America; Pleistocene
- North America; Holocene
- Caribbean; Holocene
Source: Paleobiology database (accessed 5/24/12) Historical Distribution: Eocene-Recent., Europe-West Indes (Wells, 1956). Distribution compiled by Matthew Tibbits.This page has been in preparation since 29-Jan-2008 04:08
This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 03-Jul-2012 19:35.
Page authors are: Ann Budd. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ann Budd
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