Meandrophyllia oceani (de Fromentel, 1877 )

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 121-122

Meandrophyllia oceani (de Fromentel, 1877)

Pl. 10, figs 1a, b

v*1877 Latimaeandra Oceani: de Fromentel , p. 450, pl. 107, fig. 4.

1914 Latimaeandra Oceani de Fromentel : Felix, pars 7, p. 176.

v1936 Meandraraea Sampelayoi Bataller : Bataller, p. 42, figs 14–15.

1937a Maeandraraea massilienis d’Orbingy sp.: Bataller, p. 209, text-fig. on p. 210.

v1937 a Meandraraea Sampelayoi Bataller sp. 1936 : Bataller, p. 211, text-fig. on p. 211.

1982 Meandrarea oceani (de Fromentel) 1877 : Beauvais, vol. 2, p. 221, pl. 43, figs 5–6.

2000 Meandrarea oceani (de Fromentel, 1873) : Löser, p. 47.

2002 Meandrophyllia oceani (Fromentel, 1873) : Baron-Szabo, p. 110.

v2003 Meandrophyllia oceani (Fromentel, 1873) : Schafhauser et al., p. 190, tab.1.

v2006 Meandrophyllia oceani (Fromentel, 1873) : Baron-Szabo et al., p. 22, fig. 4.5.

Dimensions. d (max)= 3–4 mm; c-c (same series)=2.5–5.5 mm; s/mm: 7–9/2.

Description. Colonial, massive to lamellar, meandroid; gemmation intracalicinal; corallites isolated or arranged in short series or calicinal clusters, consisting of up to 3 corallites; series separated by generally tholiform but occasionally tectiform collines; costosepta confluent to subconfluent, nearly equal in thickness, perforated, granular and?pennular laterally; columella spongy-papillose; well-developed; synapticulae present; wall synapticulothecal, incomplete.

Remarks. In having intracalicinal-marginal budding, very well separated corallites, a very reduced corallite wall and a very reduced columella, the material described from the Upper Campanian of Bulgaria in Tchéchmédjiéva (1995) rather corresponds to the genus Lophomeandra Beauvais, 1982 , and closely resembles the species Lophomeandra polygonata Beauvais, 1982 .

According to the description and illustration provided by Bataller (1937a, p. 209, text-fig. on p. 210), the material assigned to Meandraraea massiliensis d’Orbigny seems to closely correspond to the genus Meandrophyllia and belongs to the species Meandrophyllia oceani (de Fromentel, 1877) (see Baron-Szabo et al. 2006).

Type locality of species. Coniacian of France (CorbiĻres) .

Distribution. Coniacian-Santonian of France, Upper Santonian of Austria (Gosau Group), Upper Campanian of? Bulgaria, Campanian-Maastrichtian of northern Spain, Maastrichtian of Mexico (Cardenas Formation), Campanian and Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of Jamaica (new material).

New Material. Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of Jamaica, NMNH, Coates coll., sample no.: J-71-2a (=Marchmont); Campanian of Jamaica, NMNH, Coates coll., sample nos.: J-71-3a; J-71-3b (=Green Island).