Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon, 1859

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 : 13-14

Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon, 1859

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LÖSER ET AL.: SPANISH VALANGINIAN CORALS

* 1859 Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon , p. 101

v 1888 Amphiastrea basaltiformis Koby ; Koby, p. 433, pl. 115, fig. 1-3

1985 Amphiastraea basaltiformis Etallon, 1859 ; Geyer and Rosendahl, p. 167, pl. 2, fig. 5

v 2016 Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon, 1859 ; Löser, fig. A26ab non 2018 Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon, 1859 ; Ricci, Lathuilière and Rusciadelli, p. 439, pl. 1, fig. 1 [= Amphiastrea sp. ]

Material. MGB 83262; 1 thin section.

Dimensions. See Table 6.

Remarks. The genus Amphiastrea was recently described and the type material depicted (Löser, 2016). The present specimen is very similar to the type material of A. basaltiformis . Because of its small size, a longitudinal section could not be obtained. The material presented by Ricci et al. (2018) shows much smaller dimensions than A. basaltiformis and is closer related to A. woodiae (Gregory, 1930) .

Occurrence. Kimmeridgian of France ( Jura ) Valfin-les-Saint-Claude ( MHNG 61503 ) . Tithonian to Lower Berriasian of Czech Republic (Moravia) Štramberk ( CGS HF 719 ) . Lower Aptian of Poland (Malopolskie, Zakopane) Tatry Mts , Giewont ( UJ 41 P 1) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon, 1859, MGB 83262. 1: transversal thin section. 2: transversal thin section, detail. Scale 1 mm.