Polyseris
Alloiteau, 1957, p. 321
Polyseris Alloiteau, 1957, p. 321 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Microphyllia Orbigny, 1849: 8.
Type Species
Latimeandra massiliensis de Fromentel, 1873, p. 449, pl. 106, fig. 2, pl. 107, fig. 2, pl. 108, fig. 2; Original Designation Alloiteau, 1957, p. 321
Type Specimen: Syntype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Turonian (Figuiere, Bouches-du-Rhone) and Lower Santonian (Le Beausset, Var) of France.
The the set of syntypes of the type species consists of specimens from different locations and are housed at MNHN (Paris) under B17597 (Lower Santonian) and M03776 (Turonian), the latter of which includes numbers like 7100. Alloiteau (1957, p. 321) based the genus Polyseris on the specimen no. 7106, which might belong to the set of specimens under the inventory number M03776. In addition to their geographic and stratigraphic differences, the syntypes also seem to belong to different taxonomic groups. While the material that was used by Alloiteau (1957) seems to closely correspond to Microphyllia d'Orbigny, re-study by Baron-Szabo in 2000 and 2005 revealed that some other specimens of the set of syntypes are closely related to Morphastrea (e.g. no. 7100) or Meandrophyllia (specimens marked as M03776).
Classification
Distribution
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 05-Sep-2010 20:08.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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