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Brachycyathus

Milne Edwards, 1848

Brachycyathus Milne Edwards, 1848 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Discocyathus Milne Edwards, 1848e, p. 296.

Type Species

Brachycyathus orbignyanus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 295; Unknown

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Neocomian of France (Haute Alpes)

The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under B14896.

Remarks

Vaughan and Wells (1943) and Wells (1956) stated that Brachycyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, represented a junior synonym of Discocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848. Because Milne Edwards and Haime (1848, p. 295) gave the description of Brachycyathus before Discocyathus (see Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 295-296), the synonymy should have been vice versa. However, because Discocyathus has been given priority over Brachycyathus for at least 5 decades and in order to avoid further confusion, the latter is kept in synonymy (Baron-Szabo, 2002).

Distribution

  • Central Europe; Early Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 16-Aug-2010 14:49

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 16-Aug-2010 14:58.

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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