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Synastrea

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 495

Type Species

Astrea agaricites Goldfuss, 1826, p. 66, pl. 22, fig. 9; Monotypy Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 495

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Santonian of Austria (greater Salzburg area, Abtenau).

The holotype of the type species is housed at IPB (Bonn) under no. 223, Goldfuss collection.

Classification

Diagnosis

Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Septa confluent, perforated, marginally moniliform, granulated laterally. Columella subpapillose, rudimentary. Synapticulae abundant. Endothecal dissepiments thin, sparse.

Remarks

The lectotype of Synastrea procera (Reuss, 1854) from the Upper Cretaceous of Austria has recently been designated (Baron-Szabo, 2014, p. 68, pl. 74, fig. 7).

Distribution

  • Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe; Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
  • North Africa; Late Cretaceous
  • Caribbean; Late Cretaceous
Danian of France and Egypt.

This page has been in preparation since 16-Jun-2010 15:33

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 20-Dec-2014 19:48.

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


Synastrea procera (Reuss, 1854), lectotype
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Synastrea agaricites (Goldfuss, 1826), holotype IPB 223
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