Trigerastraea
Alloiteau, 1952, p. 659
Type Species
Isastrea trigeri de Fromentel, 1887, pl. 192, fig. 1; Monotypy Alloiteau, 1952, p. 659
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Cenomanian of France (Le Mans, Sarthe).
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under B16420.
Classification
Comparisons
Like Dimorphomeandra but forms submeandroid-cerioid colonies and has better developed costae.
Remarks
In contrast to the original documentation by Alloiteau (1957, p. 287), the septal structures of genus Trigerastrea seem to be more closely related to types seen in genera like Dimorphomeandra, but correspond less to the genus Vallimeandra. Therefore, the genus Trigerastrea is grouped with former taxon.
Distribution
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 16-Mar-2011 15:54.
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
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