Monstroseris
Melnikova, 1989: 71
Type Species
Monstroseris iranica Melnikova, 1989: 72, pl. 13, fig. 1, 2, pl. 14, fig. 1a -c.; Monotypy Melnikova, 1989: 71
Type Specimen: Syntype; MIGD 25/,3; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Village Lut, region Parvarde, Central Iran, Howz-Khan suite, Naybandon Formanion, Later Norian
Three colonies MIGD 25/1-3 housed at the museum of the Institue of Geology Dushanbe (MIGD), Academy of Scienes, Tajikistan.
Classification
Diagnosis
Massive cerioid colonies increasing by (?)intercorallite budding. Skeleton built of septal spines and additional deposit of stereome. Calices convex, delimited by a groove. Septa compact, crowded, differentiated into four size orders; irregular micromorphology of septal distal border is formed with tips of vertically growing septal spines.
Description
Description of morphology and microstructure with illustrations in Melnikova, 1989.
Comparisons
Other genus of similar characteristics is not known.
Remarks
One species.
Distribution
- Central Asia; Late Triassic
Like type locality.This page has been in preparation since 23-Apr-2009 17:19
This version was contributed by Ewa Roniewicz on 10-Nov-2010 15:25.
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The editor is: Ewa Roniewicz
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