Oroseris

Milne Edwards, 1851, p. 130

Type Species

Agaricia plana ? D’Orbigny 1850, p. 39, = Agaricia soemmeringi Michelin non Goldfuss, p. 103, pl. 23, fig. 2; Subsequent Designation

Type Specimen: Syntype; ?; Lost; Unknown

Type Locality: Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) of Mécrin, Hannonville (Meuse; France)

Description

Massive lamellar meandroid corallum. Epitheca absent or rudimentary. Rudimentary columella.

Remarks

The type material is lost and as we know nothing about the septal structure of Oroseris. This is the reason why authors put Oroseris in synonymy of Comoseris (Vaughan and Wells 1943, Wells 1956) or with doubt in synonymy with Microphyllia (Alloiteau,1957). Anyway, this doubtful genus cannot be used anymore.

Distribution

• Western Europe; Late Jurassic

This page has been in preparation since 19-Aug-2009 16:19

This version was contributed by Bernard Lathuilière on 19-Mar-2011 10:11.

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