Bryozoan fauna from the Mississippian (Visean) of Roque Redonde (Montagne Noire, southern France)
Author
Ernst, Andrej
Author
Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.
Author
Aretz, Markus
text
Geodiversitas
2015
2015-06-30
37
2
151
213
http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2015n2a2
journal article
10.5252/g2015n2a2
1638-9395
4534998
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA9B2FF0-9D3B-44AF-894F-419DE5AE4C13
Genus
Rectifenestella
Morozova, 1974
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Fenestella medvedkensis
Schulga-Nesterenko, 1951
by original designation.
Upper Carboniferous
(Kasimovian)
;
Russia
.
DIAGNOSIS. — Reticulate colonies consisting of fine to intermediately robust branches and straight dissepiments. Autozooecia triangular to pentagonal in mid tangential section. Superior hemisepta present; inferior hemisepta absent. Low keel carrying one row of intermediate nodes (modified after
Morozova, 2001
, p.45).
OCCURRENCE. — Devonian to Permian; worldwide.
COMPARISON
Rectifenestella
Morozova, 1974
differs from
Laxifenestella
Morozova,
1974
in having pentagonal shape of autozooecia in mid tangential section and absence of inferior hemisepta, from
Minilya
Crockford,
1944
in having a single row of nodes on the keel instead of two alternating rows in
Minilya
.