Lithostrotionoides

Alloiteau, 1952, p. 14

Lithostrotionoides Alloiteau, 1952, p. 14 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Glenarea Pocta, 1887, p. 25.

Type Species

Lithostrotionoides tissieri Alloiteau, 1952, p. 14, pl. 1, fig. 7.; Original Designation Alloitea, 1952, p. 14.

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Paleocene of Senegal.

The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under M05333, Tessier collection.

Classification

• Family: Meandrinidae Gray, 1847, p. 128

Remarks

Re-study of the type and original materials of Glenarea and Lithostrotionoides by Baron-Szabo (2006, p. 79 ff., pl. 16, figs. 3a, b) revealed that their skeletal elements closely corrended to each other, suggesting that they are synonymous.

Distribution

• Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
• Subsaharan Africa; Paleocene

This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36

This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 21:43.

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