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Metethmos

Gregory, 1900, p. 165

available name but junior synonym of Epistreptophyllum

Type Species

Metethmos blanfordi Gregory 1900: 165, pl. 18, figs. 4-6, 11.; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Syntype; GSI N° 6754; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Middle Bathonian, Coral Bed, Jumara Dome, Kachchh, India

Syntypes described by Gregory (1900: 165, pl. 18, figs. 4-6, 11); topotypes are described by Beauvais (1978: 60, pl. 5, figs. 1-3) and best illustrated by Pandey and Fürsich 1993: 35, pl 8, figs. 6-8, 10.

Remarks

A population study showed that the generic names of Protethmos, Metethmos and Frechia belong to a single highly variable species: Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis Gregory (Pandey and Lathuilière 1997)

Distribution

  • South Asia; Middle Jurassic
From Coral Bed (Jhurio Formation), Jumara Dome (Middle Bathonian) of the Kachchh Baisn (India)

This page has been in preparation since 15-May-2009 17:03

This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 04-Dec-2009 09:39.

Page authors are: Dhirendra Kumar Pandey. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière

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