Columastrea
Orbigny, 1849, p. 9
Type Species
Astrea striata Goldfuss, 1826: 111.; Subsequent Designation d'Orbigny, 1849: 9.
Type Specimen: Syntype; ; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Senonian of Austria (Gosau Group).
The type material is housed at IPB (Bonn) under no. 297, Goldfuss collection.
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, massive, plocoid to subcerioid. Gemmation extracalicinal. Perithecal dissepiments vesicular to subtabulate. Costosepta compact, arranged radially, mostly non-confluent, but subconfluent in places. Septal marginsfinely granulated. Columella styliform. Pali present before first cycle septa, second cycle pali may be present on some septa. Endothecal dissepiments thin, subtabulate. Wall septothecal and parathecal.
Distribution
- Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
- South America; Early Cretaceous
Contains
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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 04-Sep-2010 17:31.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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