Plesiodiploria
Alloiteau, 1958, p. 94
Plesiodiploria Alloiteau, 1958, p. 94 is junior synonym (available and invalid), see Anisoria Vidal, 1917, p. 5.
Type Species
Plesiodiploria scutifera Alloiteau, 1958, p. 94, pl. 1, figs. 4-7; Original Designation Alloiteau, 1958, p. 94
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Maastrichtian of northern Spain (Tremp Formation, La Posa, Isona, Lerida).
The syntypes of the type species are housed at MGSB (BarcelonaParis) under 15705.
Classification
Remarks
By its features observed on the upper surface of the corallum, the genus Plesiodiploria closely corresponds to the genus Anisoria, the latter of which has recently been transferred from the Family Agariciidae to the Meandrinidae on the basis of the study of thin sections (Loeser, 2010, questionably assigned it to the family Meandrinidae; Baron-Szabo [on corallosphere] fully assigned it to this family). No thin sections of Plesiodiploria are available yet to confirm whether these two genera are identical. Provisionally, these two genera are considered synonymous until further data are available.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 25-Jan-2012 18:11.
Page authors are: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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