Septastrea
Orbigny, 1849, p. 9
Type Species
Astrea ramosa Defrance 1826, p.381; Original Designation Orbigny, 1849: 9
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: "Le morceau figuré par Knorr a été trouvé à Pfeffingen", Switzerland (?Jurassic)
The collection of Defrance was deposited in Caen, and it was destroyed during WWII. Defrance (1826) cites "Astrea ramosa, Def.; Knorr, loc. cit., tab.90, fig. 3" as the source of this species.
Synonyms
Distribution
- North America; Paleocene
- Southern Europe; Eocene
- Southern Europe; Oligocene
- Western Europe; Miocene
- Southern Europe; Miocene
- Subsaharan Africa; Miocene
- North America; Miocene
- Caribbean; Miocene
- South America; Miocene
- North America; Pliocene - Pleistocene
- North America; Pliocene
- Central America; Pliocene
- North America; Pleistocene
Oligocene West Asia. Source: Paleobiology database (accessed June 20th, 2012). Distribution compiled by Matthew Tibbits.This page has been in preparation since 25-Jan-2010 00:30
This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 24-Jun-2012 16:43.
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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