Geodiversitas | |
Revision of the family Felixaraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous) | |
Hannes Löser1  | |
关键词: Scleractinia; Felixaraeidae; corals; Cretaceous; new genus; new species; Scleractinia; Felixaraeidae; coraux; Crétacé; genre nouveau; espèces nouvelles; | |
DOI : 10.5252/g2013n4a1 | |
学科分类:生物科学(综合) | |
来源: Museum National d Histoire Naturelle | |
【 摘 要 】
TheLateCretaceouscoralfamilyFelixaraeidae(suborderFungiina)isrevisedonthebasisofitstypegenusandrespectivetypespecies.Thefamilyencompassessolitaryandcolonialformswithverystrongandperforatedradialelementswithasubregularradialsymmetry.Radialelementsarecomposedoflargetrabeculaeexpressedinastronglyornamentedupperseptalmarginandseptallateralface.Synapticulaearepresent.Togetherwiththename-givinggenusFelixaraeaBeauvais,1982,theTethyancoralgeneraBrachycauliaBeauvais,1982,PseudofaviaOppenheim,1930,andThecoseriopsisAlloiteau,1957,aswellastheWesternAtlanticgeneraFilkorniaLöser,2012,ParacycloserisWells,1934,andTrechmannariaWells,1935,areassignedtothefamily.ThenewgenusMarcelohelian.gen.fromtheMaastrichtianofMexicoisestablished.Itdiffersfromallknownmemberofthefamilybyitsphaceloidgrowthform.Allgeneraarerevisedonthebasisofthetypesoftheirrespectivetypespecies.Possiblespeciesofallgeneraarepresented.Thepalaeobiogeographyofthegeneraisdiscussed.ThefamilyoccursfromtheTuroniantoMaastrichtianor,possible,Danian.
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