Krainastraea

Krkovic, 1965, p. 165/175

Initially placed in the Andemantastraeidae

Type Species

Krainastraea murici Krkovic, 1965, p. 165/175, pl. 4 fig. 4; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Holotype; ?; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian (upper Jurassic) of the northern slope of the Rumija mountain (Montenegro)

The type-specimen, a holotype by monotypy, was searched in Paris without success.

Description

Massive subthamnasterioid corallum. Intra and extracalicular increase without series or with very short series. Radial elements, mostly biseptal sheets, straight, curved or wavy, never anastomosed (?), subcompact, thick, varicose in transverse section. Distal edge with sharp but eroded teeth, lateral faces with vertical carinae. Microstructure unknown. Radial and bilateral symmetry. Endotheca of numerous horizontal convex dissepiments, wide deep fossa, no columella, no palus, synapticulae present but rare, no wall.

Remarks

Only one specimen described.

Distribution

• Southern Europe; Late Jurassic

This page has been in preparation since 19-Aug-2009 15:05

This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 24-Feb-2011 09:54.

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