Maeandrella
Oppenheim, 1930, p. 380
Type Species
Meandrina michelini Reuss, 1854: 109, pl. 15, figs. 8-9.; Original Designation Oppenheim, 1930: 380
Type Specimen: Holotype; GBA 1854/007/0067; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Coniacian to Lower Santonian of Austria (Edelbachgraben and Zimmergraben, Gosau Group).
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, meandroid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Calicinal series separated by tectiform collines. Ambulacrae present. Costosepta compact, nonconfluent, finely granulated laterally. Columella lamellar, discontinuous. Synapticulae numerous. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Wall synapticulothecal-septothecal.
Remarks
Oppenheim (1930) created the genus Maeandrella for the species Meandrina michelini Reuss, 1854. Later, M. Beauvais (1982) chose the same species as the type species of his new genus Maeandrofungia. Therefore, the latter represents the junior synonym of the genus Maeandrella Oppenheim, 1930. In 1956 Wells stated that Maeandrella Oppenheim, 1930, represented a junior homonym. Later, he revised this statement and accepted Oppenheim's genus (Wells, 1986).
Distribution
- East Asia; Early Cretaceous
- Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
- Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 13-Sep-2010 21:55.
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The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière
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