Origin and evolution of the genera Lonsdaleia and Actinocyathus: Insights for the Mississippian palaeogeography from the western Palaeotethys

• Published in: Journal of Palaeogeography
• Main Authors: Rodríguez-Castro, Isabel, Somerville, Ian D., Rodríguez, Sergio
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), orcid:
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Biogeography | Carboniferous | Evolution | Palaeotethys | Rugosa; McCoy; Rugosa; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/359038; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2023.03.003; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85151416133

Representatives of the subfamily Lonsdaleiinae Chapman, 1893 are common in the Mississippian of the western Palaeotethys. A general analysis of the origin, distribution and evolution of that subfamily has been undertaken. The most probable hypothesis for the origin of the genus Lonsdaleia McCoy, 184...