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Vallimeandropsis

Beauvais, 1966 (for 1965), p.873

Initially placed in the Andemantastraeidae it should be classified elsewhere

Type Species

Latomeandra davidsoni Edwards and Haime 1851, p. 137, pl. 27 fig. 10; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Neotype; NHMUK R 2152; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) of Crickley (near Cheltenham; Great Britain)

The neotype was designated and figured in Beauvais 1966 (for 1965), p. 873, pl. 36 fig. 1 and pl. 37 fig. 3. It is a specimen polished at some places.

Description

Massive meandroid corallum with short sinuous valleys often with 2 or 3 centers. Collines tectiform rather than tholiform with mostly non confluent radial elements and no ambulacrum. Septa of valleys present. Epitheca not observed. Radial elements are compact, free or anastomosed, generally curved septa. Septal ornamentation not well known, small numerous acute granules can be seen on septal faces. Pali absent. Microstructure unknown. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments. Small fossa in the central zone. Synapticulae possibly present. Wall of unknown nature.

Remarks

Two nominal species known in Jurassic

Distribution

  • Western Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Subsaharan Africa; Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic

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This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 03-Dec-2010 16:18.

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

The editor is: Bernard Lathuilière


Neotype of Vallimeandropsis davidsoni
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Neotype of Vallimeandropsis davidsoni
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Neotype of Vallimeandropsis davidsoni, detail of the wall.
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Neotype of Vallimeandropsis davidsoni
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