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Stylangia

Fromentel, 1857, p. 38

Type Species

Stylangia neocomiensis Fromentel, 1857: 38; Original Designation Fromentel, 1857: 38

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown

Type Locality: Lower Hauterivian of France (Yonne).

The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under M03532.

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Colonial, dendro-reptoid, consisting of branches with polyps alternately produced on one side of each branch in one plane. Gemmation extracalicinal. Calices circular, forming cone-shaped projections, united by a dense coenosteum. Surface granulated. Costosepta compact. Columella styliform, well-developed. Wall septothecal. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular.

Remarks

Based on the Tertiary type species Stylangia elegans, Reuss (1872) created a junior homonym of Fromentel's genus, which Wells (1937) later used to establish the genus Reussangia Wells (1937).

Distribution

  • Southern Europe, Central Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 10-Sep-2010 21:06.

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: Ann Budd


Stylangia neocomiensis de Fromentel, 1857, holotype
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