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Goldfussastrea

Beauvais, 1964, p. 170

Type Species

Goldfussastrea heidenheimensis Beauvais 1964 p. 171, pl. 16 fig. 10, text fig. 35; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Holotype; ?; Lost; Unknown

Type Locality: Upper Jurassic Heidenheim (Germany)

The type-specimen of the Goldfuss' collection was searched without success in Bonn and in Paris, it is partly polished.

Classification

Diagnosis

Like Isastrea but with a lamellar columella and absent or incomplete wall.

Description

Massive subceroid or astreoid to meandroid corallum. Lower face without holotheca. Radial elements are compact, rather free, non confluent or subconfluent, straight to curved unequal in length. Distal edge with acute or rounded strong equal teeth, lateral faces with granules connected in opposite carinae perpendicular to the distal edge. Montlivaltid microstructure. No pali. Radial and bilateral symmetry (occasionally opposite septa joining the columella). Abundant vesiculose endotheca. Lamellar columella, polytrabecular in microstructure. No synapticule. Wall absent or incomplete.

Remarks

The genus seems to be very close of Isastrea. The "absence" of wall is something possible in the normal variability of this genus. Nevertheless the lamellar columella is a distinctive character. Three potential species (see Lathuilière 2000 and Morsch 2001).

Distribution

  • Western Europe, North Africa, South America; Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic

This page has been in preparation since 18-Aug-2009 17:48

This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 27-May-2017 09:48.

Page authors are: Bernard Lathuilière. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière


Holotype of Goldfussastrea heidenheimensis type species of the genus- original figure-
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Holotype of Goldfussastrea heidenheimensis type species of the genus- original figure-
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Holotype of Goldfussastrea heidenheimensistype species of the genus - original figure.
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