Rhipidogyra
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 468
Type Species
Lobophyllia flabellum Michelin p. 92 (1843) pl. 18 fig. 1 (1845); Subsequent Designation Vaughan and Wells 1843, p. 222 (despite they cite ME and H 1850)
Type Specimen: Syntype; MNHN A30299; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) from St Mihiel (France)
Beauvais (1964, p. 190) designated a neotype (MNHN M 00275) but possible syntypes from the Moreau collection were recently recovered. All of them are presently identified as Rhipidogyra. A decision of ICZN is necessary to fix the status of the type material.
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Solitary flabelloid Rhipidogyrid corallum
Description
Solitary flabelloid corallum with strong costae emerging from a thick granular tectura. Radial elements compact free strongly unequal in thickness. Apophysal septa potentially present. Distal edge smooth, inner edge with flabelloid auriculae, lateral faces with irregularly distributed granules, no palis. Microstructure rhipidogyrid. Bilateral symmetry highly expressed by the elongation of the calyx. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments, columella lamellar, no synapticulae. Paraseptothecal wall.
Comparisons
Among Rhipidogyridae, Rhipidogyra can be confused with Fromentelligyra, which is colonial. It can be also confused with a broken part of the colonial Phytogyra. Codonosmilia is not flabelloid.
Remarks
See Eliasova 1973 and Roniewicz (1976) for microstructure. 22 nominal species for the Jurassic and 10 for the Cretaceous (Löser 2000)
Distribution
- Western Europe, Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa, Northern Asia, Central Asia, West Asia; Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 20-Aug-2009 07:33
This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 28-Apr-2017 09:37.
Page authors are: Bernard Lathuilière Ewa Roniewicz. 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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