Lyubasha
Roniewicz, 2008:113
Type Species
Lyubasha gracilis Roniewicz 2007:113, Fig. 10A-C; Monotypy Roniewicz, 2007:113
Type Specimen: Holotype; NMNH 30107; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Lyalintsi, W Bulgaria
Lower Cretaceous, Valanginian, Slivnitsa Fm.
Classification
Diagnosis
Astreoid colony with costulated intercalicular space; increase extracalicular; costosepta fusiform, with zigzag thin septal parts; the highest size order radial elements in the form of lonsdaleoid septa; lateral septal sides with asymmetrical, prominent granules; columella lacking, endotheca and exotheca homogeneous, vesiculouse.
Comparisons
Similar to Oxfordian Pushastraea Roniewicz,1966 in astraeoid colony type, fusiform costosepta with prominent granules, but differs from it in having lonsdaleoid septa and in a lack of any columella.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous
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This version was contributed by Ewa Roniewicz on 16-Oct-2010 11:49.
Page authors are: Ewa Roniewicz. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ewa Roniewicz
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