Morphastrea
Orbigny, 1850, vol. 2, p. 183
Type Species
Agaricia ludoviciana Michelin, 1845: 199; Subsequent Designation d’Orbigny, 1850: 183.
Type Specimen: Neotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Cenomanian of France (Le Mans, Sarthe).
The neotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under R.10949
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, lamellar, thamnasterioid-submeandroid. Budding extracalicular and marignal. Septa confluent to subconfluent, laterally coarsely granulated sometimes in a carinated-like fashion, pores present occasionally. Synapticulae abundant. Columella styliform or made of fused axial ends of septa. No wall between the corallites. Trabeculae thick.
Distribution
- Western Europe; Late Jurassic
- Central Europe; Late Jurassic
- Central Europe; Early Cretaceous
- East Asia; Early Cretaceous
- Caribbean; Late Cretaceous
This page has been in preparation since 02-Jun-2007 12:36
This version was contributed by Rosemarie Baron-Szabo on 08-Mar-2016 13:52.
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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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