D. brouweri group

Description

  • Citation: 
    D. brouweri group of Young 1998

    Description: 6-rayed discoasters without bifurcations, and forms closely related to D. brouweri with 3 to 5 rays.

    Taxa included

    brouweri.jpg D. brouweri - with proximal ray tip extensions (NN10-18)
    asymmetricus.jpg D. asymmetricus - asymmetric 5-rayed variant of D. brouweri (common NN14-16)
    tamalis.jpg D. tamalis - 4-rayed variant of D. brouweri (common NN14-16)
    triradiatus.jpg D. triradiatus - 3-rayed variant of D. brouweri (acme NN18)
    altus.jpg D. altus - complanate with very large bosses (NN15)
    braarudii.jpg

    D. braarudii - with simple ray tips (mostly NN9-11A)

    D. neorectus - very large with simple ray tips (NN10-11)

    calcaris.jpg D. calcaris - with asymetric ray tip extensions (NN9-10)



     

     

    Range: ca. NN7 to NN18

Images

  • triradiatus.jpg
  • tamalis.jpg
  • brouweri.jpg
  • calcaris.jpg
  • braarudii.jpg
  • altus.jpg
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