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Plesiastrea

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p.494

Type Species

Astrea versipora Lamarck, 1816, p. 264; Original Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: 494

Type Specimen: Holotype; MNHN scle36; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Habite l'Ocean indien (Recent)

In the MNHN catalog, specimen scle36 is listed as not being a type.

Distribution

  • Western Europe; Late Cretaceous
  • Southern Europe; Late Cretaceous
  • Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
  • Central America; Late Cretaceous
  • South Asia; Eocene
  • Melanesia; Eocene
  • Subsaharan Africa; Oligocene - Miocene
  • Southern Europe; Oligocene
  • Subsaharan Africa; Oligocene
  • South Asia; Oligocene
  • Southeast Asia; Miocene - Pliocene
  • Eastern Europe; Miocene
  • North Africa; Miocene
  • Australasia; Miocene
  • West Asia; Miocene
  • North Africa; Pliocene
  • Australasia; Pliocene
  • Melanesia; Pliocene
  • Southeast Asia; Pliocene
  • East Asia; Pleistocene - Holocene
  • North Africa; Pleistocene
  • Subsaharan Africa; Pleistocene
  • Australasia; Pleistocene
  • Melanesia; Pleistocene
  • Polynesia; Pleistocene
  • Southeast Asia; Pleistocene
  • Indian Ocean; Recent
  • Western Pacific; Recent
  • Central Pacific; Recent
  • East Asia; Holocene
Sources: Paleobiology database (accessed June 19th, 2012), Veron (2000). Historical distribution: Miocene-Recent., Europe-IndoPacific (Wells, 1956). Distribution compiled by Matthew Tibbits.

Contains

This page has been in preparation since 03-Oct-2009 23:31

This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 02-Jul-2012 00:14.

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

The editor is: Ann Budd


Holotype of Astraea versipora Lamarck 1816
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Holotype of Astrea versipora Lamarck
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