Periseris elegantula (Orbigny, 1850)

Löser, Hannes, Nieto, Luis M., Castro, José Manuel & Reolid, Matías, 2019, A Lower Valanginian coral fauna from the South Iberian Palaeomargin (Internal Prebetic, SE Spain), Palaeontologia Electronica (a 06) 24 (1), pp. 1-57 : 22-23

Periseris elegantula (Orbigny, 1850)

Figure 23

v* 1850 Agaricia elegantula Orbigny , p. 293

1990 Periseris elegantula (d’Orbigny, 1850) ; Lathuilière, p. 38, pl. 1, figs. 1-2, pl. 2, figs. 1-4, pl. 3, figs. 1-6, pl. 4 figs. 1-7, pl. 5 figs. 1-6

v 2006 Microsolena sp. ; Löser and Ferry, p. 484, figs. 5.7-9

v 2013a Periseris? crassisepta (Sikharulidze, 1985) ; Löser, fig. 3, fig. 5

v 2016 Agaricia elegantula Orbigny, 1850 ; Löser, figs. P43

Material. MGB 83277; 2 thin sections.

Dimensions. See Table 19.

Remarks. The genus and species were recently described and depicted (Löser, 2016). The present material coincides well with the type material of

Periseris elegantula . The distance of the corallite rows and the distance of the corallites within the rows are slightly larger in the present material.

Occurrence. Bajocian of France (Haute-Marne) Langres (MNHN A26574). Kimmeridgian of Germany (Bayern) Saal an der Donau (FLH 3266). Tithonian of Japan (Fukushima-ken) Soma-gun area (TUM nn). Lower Hauterivian (Radiatus Zone) of France (Yonne) Fontenoy, field S the junction to Les Merles (BSPG 2003 XX 5290); Fontenoy, field N the junction to Les Merles (BSPG 2003 XX 5070); Fontenoy, section in Guillorets W Fontenoy (BSPG 2003 XX 5054); Leugny, Les Cassines 4 km E Leugny; Gy-l’Evêque (MNHN nn); Leugny, Les Cassines 4 km E Leugny. Upper Hauterivian of Japan (Miyagi-ken) Kesennuma-shi, Oshima, Yogai (TUM 65384). Upper Barremian of France (Ardèche) St.Remèze, Pont de Laval.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Periseris elegantula Orbigny, 1850, MGB 83277. 1: transversal thin section. 2: transversal thin section, detail. 3: longitudinal thin section. Scale 1 mm.