Taxogyra
Wells, 1937 (pro Heterophyllia d'Orbigny, 1850 non McCoy, 1849)
Type Species
Meandrina macroreina Michelin, 1847: 292; Original Designation Wells, 1937: 74
Type Specimen: Holotype; M00368; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Upper Santonian of France (Aude).
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under M00368.
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, massive, meandroid. Gemmation intracalicinal (-polystomodaeal), resulting in long sinuous calicinal series, separated by flattened collines. Ambulacrae absent. Costosepta compact, confluent, laterally granulate and carinate. Columella lamellar, discontinuous. Endothecal dissepiments abundant. No synapticulae. Wall parathecal to septoparathecal.
Remarks
Affinities. The genus Taxogyra Wells is closely related to Astrogyra Felix, but is distinguished from the latter in lacking ambulacrae.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
Cretaceous: France, Austria, Spain.This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 11-Sep-2010 18:40.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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