Styloseris
Ferry, 1870, p. 204
Usually treated as a junior synonym of Thamnasteria
Type Species
Thamnasteria mammosa Edwards and Haime 1851, p. 119 pl. 23 fig. 3; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; n° ?; Lost; Unknown
Type Locality: Great Oolite (Bathonian; Middle Jurassic) of Sapperton (Gloucestershire; Great Britain)
The type material was searched in Paris and London, without success.
Classification
Description
Massive thamnasterioid mammose corallum. Radial elements are apparently compact anastomosing bicuneiform biseptal sheets. Distal edge, inner edge, lateral faces unknown. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry difficult to decipher, bilateral symmetry marked by torsion and anastomosing of septa. Columella styliform, synapticulae present, wall absent.
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This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 25-Jun-2010 15:52.
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The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière
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