Felixastraea
Oppenheim, 1930, p. 243
Felixastraea Oppenheim, 1930, p. 243 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Heterogyra Reuss, 1868.
Type Species
Cyathoseris zitteli Felix, 1903, p. 227, pl. 22, fig. 2.; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Santonian of Austria (Neffgraben, Gosau Group).
The holotype of the type species is housed at BSPG (Munich) under 1895xB.
Classification
Remarks
Traditionally, the genus Felixastraea Oppenheim, 1930 (based on the species Cyathoseris zitteli Felix, 1903, of the Upper Santonian of Austria) was placed in the suborder Fungiina because it was thought to have acrosmiliid septa. While the majority of Felix’ material, which is stored at the Geological Survey Vienna and the Natural History Museum, Vienna, seems to correspond to the acrosmiliid type, the type specimen of Cyathoseris zitteli Felix, 1903, which is stored at the Bayerischen Staatssammlung Munich, shows different skeletal structures. Re-examination of the type material revealed that the septa are rather compact and laterally beaded, and that all other skeletal elements closely agree with the agariciid form Heterogyra (Baron-Szabo, 2002).
Distribution
- Central Europe; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 14-Sep-2010 21:37.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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