Tarbellastraea
Alloiteau, 1950, p.145
Type Species
Astrea ellisiana Defrance, 1825, p. 382; Original Designation Alloiteau, 1950, p.145
Type Specimen: Neotype; MNHN F.R10933; Not Traced; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: St-Paul-lès-Dax, Cabanes, France (Miocene, Early Burdigalian)
Alloiteau (1950) established the genus "Tarbellastraea" without a morphologic diagnosis, and designated "Astrea ellisiana Defrance" as the type species of the genus. He subsequently provided a diagnosis in Alloiteau (1952, 1957). The holotype was reported by lost in Alloiteau (1957), who established the neotype given above and figured it on plate 8, figure 4, 15. This neotype was reported as lost by S. Barta-Calmus (pers. comm. 1994). However, it is listed in the MNHN Paleontology collections database.
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Plocoid colonies; extracalicular budding; cylindrical corallites, < 3.5 mm in diameter; septo- to parathecal; 3-4 septal cycles, with the first cyle being prominent; weak or absent paliform lobes; sublamellar to lamellar columella; thin costae; tabulo-vesicular coenosteum.
Comparisons
Tarbellastraea is morphologically most similar to Antiguastrea; both genera are plocoid with extracalicular budding, and have thin costae, a tabulo-vesicular coenosteum, and a lamellar columella. Tarbellastraea differs from Antiguastrea by having more coenosteum, smaller corallites, fewer septal cycles, and prominent primary septa. Tarbellastraea is also similar to the Montastraea annularis complex in colony form, but differs by having a lamellar columella, thin costae, and partially vesicular coenosteum. It is assigned to the Family Merulinidae based on its similarity to the Montastraea annularis complex.
Remarks
The micromorphology and microstructure of Tarbellastraea have not been studied in detail. For additional description, see Budd, Bosellini, and Stemann (1996)
Distribution
- Eastern Europe; Eocene
- Western Europe; Oligocene
- Southern Europe; Oligocene
- North Africa; Oligocene
- Subsaharan Africa; Oligocene
- West Asia; Oligocene
- Western Europe; Miocene
- Southern Europe; Miocene
- Eastern Europe; Miocene
- North Africa; Miocene
- Subsaharan Africa; Miocene
- West Asia; Miocene
Source: Paleobiology database (accessed June 25th, 2012). Historical distribution: Miocene., Europe (Wells, 1956). Distribution compiled by Matthew Tibbits.This page has been in preparation since 21-Jul-2010 15:09
This version was contributed by Danwei Huang on 13-Sep-2013 21:13.
Page authors are: Ann Budd Danwei Huang. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ann Budd
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