Siderofungia morloti ( Reuss, 1864 )

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 157-158

Siderofungia morloti ( Reuss, 1864)

Pl. 14, fig. 3a, b

v*1864 Astraea Morloti m.: Reuss, p. 22, pl. 6, figs 1a, 1b.

v1869 Columnastrea bella: Reuss , p. 243, pl. 21, figs 5a–b.

1880 Astraea Morloti, Reuss : Duncan, p. 44, pl. 7, figs 15, 16.

v1889 Siderofungia bella (Reuss) : Reis, p. 110, pl. 4, fig. 19.

1909 Siderofungia bella (Reuss) : Felix, p. 125.

1949 Siderofungia andrusovi: Alloiteau , p. 9, pl. 1, figs 2a–b, pl. 6, fig. 2.

v1973 Siderofungia bella (Reuss) 1869 : Barta-Calmus, p. 512, pl. 55, figs 1, 2, 7 (older synonyms cited therein). 1975 Siderastraea zelinskae Kuzmicheva , sp. nov.: Kuzmicheva, p. 24, pl. 3, fig. 2.

Dimensions. d (adult)=2.8– 5 mm; d (juvenile)=2–2.5 mm; s (adult)=20–36; s (juvenile)=12–18; c-c=2.2– 6 mm.

Description. Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid; gemmation extracalicinal; corallites slightly polygonal in outline; septa confluent, nearly equal in thickness, subcompact to porous, with spiniform granules laterally; up to 12 septa extend to the axial region, their inner ends dissociate forming paliform structures; synapticulae present, rare; columella trabecular, papillose to substyliform; endothecal dissepiments thin, abundant.

Type locality of species. Oligocene of Slovenia .

Distribution. Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of Jamaica (new material), Upper Paleocene of Pakistan, Eocene of Slovakia and Ukraine, Upper Eocene of Spain, Oligocene of Germany, Italy, and Slovenia, Upper Oligocene of Hungary.

New Material. Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of Jamaica, NMNH, Coates coll., sample no.: J-66-31-42 (=Ducketts Land Settlement).