Brachyseris

Alloiteau, in Hupe and Alloiteau, 1946-47, p. 210

Brachyseris Alloiteau, in Hupe and Alloiteau, 1946-47, p. 210 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Meandrophyllia Orbigny, 1849, p. 9.

Type Species

Latimeandraraea felixi d'Angelis d'Ossat, 1905; Monotypy

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Alloiteau, in Hupé and Alloiteau (1946-47, p. 210), described the genus Brachyseris and assigned the form Latimaeandraraea felixi Angelis d’Ossat, 1905, from the Lower Albian of Spain to his new taxon. In later works, starting in 1948 (Alloiteau, 1948, p. 731), he began referring to Latomeandra morchella Reuss, 1854, from the Upper Santonian of Austria (Gosau Group at Neffgraben), as the type species of the genus Brachyseris. However, in assigning only one species when he first described his new genus, the type species of the genus Brachyseris was automatically defined by monotypy [ICZN 68.3]. Therefore, the type species of the genus Brachyseris is Latimaeandraraea felixi d’Angelis d’Ossat, 1905, which has been transferred to the genus Meandrophyllia, placing the genus Brachyseris in its synonymy (Baron-Szabo, 2014).

Remarks

See Remarks under "Brachyseris" Alloiteau, 1952.

Distribution

• Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous

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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 28-Apr-2015 17:57.

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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo