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Baron-Szabo, R. in prep., Heterophyllia Orbigny, 1850, p. 208. In: Cairns, S. D., Baron-Szabo, R., Budd, A.F., Lathuilière, B., Roniewicz, E., Stolarski, J., and Johnson, K.G. (eds.), Corallosphere, world wide web site at http://corallosphere.org/taxon/710, last visited on 09 Feb 2012.
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Heterophyllia

Orbigny, 1850, p. 208

Heterophyllia Orbigny, 1850, p. 208 is junior homonym (unavailable), see Taxogyra Wells, 1937 (pro Heterophyllia d'Orbigny, 1850 non McCoy, 1849).

Type Species

Meandrina macroreina Michelin, 1846, p. 292, pl. 67, fig. 4.; Monotypy Orbigny, 1850, p. 208

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Classification

Remarks

Because Heterophyllia d'Orbigny, 1850, represents a junior homonym of the Carboniferous coral Heterophyllia McCoy, 1849, Wells (1937) created the new genus name Taxogyra for d'Orbigny's taxon.

Distribution

  • Central Europe; Late Cretaceous

This page has been in preparation since 25-Aug-2010 19:22

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 25-Aug-2010 19:37.

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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