Morchellastraea

Alloiteau, 1941, p. 25

Morchellastraea Alloiteau, 1941, p. 25 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 495.

Type Species

Astrea coniformis Michelin, 1844, p. 119, pl. 28, fig. 1; Monotypy Alloiteau, 1941, p. 25

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Unknown

Type Locality: Turonian of France (Tours, Indre-et-Loire).

The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under M00441, Michelin collection.

Classification

• Family: Merulinidae Verrill, 1865, p. 146

Distribution

• Central Europe; Late Cretaceous

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This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 05-May-2017 15:16.

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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo