SOLITARY PHILLIPSASTREIDAE (RUGOSA) FROM THE LATE DEVONIAN OF EUROPE AND NORTHERN AFRICA

• Published in: Journal of paleontology Vol. 79; no. 5; pp. 871 - 883
• Main Author: SCHROeDER, STEFAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.09.2005; Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Africa; Anthozoa; Aquatic life; Baculophyllum; Baculophyllum ultimum; Cnidaria; Coelenterata; Coral reefs; Devonian; Europe; Fauna; Frasnian age; Geology; Herringbone; Horseshoes; Invertebrata; invertebrate; Juvenile stages; Macgeea; Macgeea crassiseptata; Morocco; morphology; new names; new taxa; North Africa; Paleontology; Paleozoic; Phillipsastreidae; Phylogenetics; phylogeny; Population genetics; Rhenish Schiefergebirge; Rugosa; Sea level rise; Septum; Taxa; Taxonomy; Upper Devonian; Zoantharia; Europe; North Africa; ASE, Morocco; Australia; ANE, Europe; ANE, Poland

Macgeea is a cosmopolitan genus of Devonian rugose corals that includes numerous, generally highly variable, species. Because of its wide skeletal variation and additional trabecular dilation it is difficult to recognize taxonomically relevant characters and to separate those from ecologically induc...