Floriastrea
Loeser et al, 2009, p. 338 (pro Floria Turnsek, 1981)
Floriastrea Loeser et al, 2009, p. 338 (pro Floria Turnsek, 1981) is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Texastrea Wells, 1973.
Type Species
Floria planinensis Turnšek, in Turnšek and Mihajlovic, 1981: 13; Original Designation Turnšek, in Turnšek and Mihajlovic, 1981: 13
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: (?Barremian-) Lower Aptian of Serbia (Skuvija).
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNS (Beograd) under M2784.
Classification
Diagnosis
Colonial, phaceloid or massive, cerioid to plocoid. Colony with lateral budding and septal division, can be followed by circumoral budding. Septa irregularly hexameral, slightly asymmetrical. Columella styliform or lamellar. Wall septothecal. Endothecal dissepiments sparse, tabulate. Microstructure is of simple and segmented trabeculae.
Distribution
- Southern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
- Eastern Europe; Late Cretaceous
- East Asia; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 06-Jan-2015 18:20.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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