Avicenia Leleshus, 1974
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Genus Avicenia Leleshus, 1974
TYPE SPECIES. — Avicenia aseptata Leleshus, 1974 from the Turkestan Ridge, Late Silurian.
DIAGNOSIS. — see Leleshus (1974), Hill (1981) and Bondarenko (1992).
OCCURRENCE. — Silurian: Central Asia, Europe.
REMARKS Two previously described species of the discussed genus ( A. aseptata Leleshus, 1974 and A. secunda Ospanova, 1986 ) were known only from Central Asia. The discovery of A. kocyani n. sp. in the Silurian of Europe extends the geographic range of this genus.
Avicenia kocyani n. sp.
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