Heliopora sp. 3

Loeser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Rosssteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) - a revised and extended version, Zitteliana 97, pp. 89-147 : 89

Heliopora sp. 3

v2013 Polytremacis bofilli (Bataller, 1936) - Löser, Werner and Darga: 67, pl. 10, figs 1-3.

vp2019 Heliopora partschi Reuss, 1854 - Löser, Heinrich and Schuster: 324.

Material.

BSPG 1947 XVI 14, 1947 XVI 25, 1947 XVI 50, 1991 X 40, 1991 X 61, LFU 8336 SG015015 #1, 8336 SG015015 #2, 8336 SG015096 ; seven thin sections .

Remarks.

In Löser et al. (2013c), the material was assigned to Polytremacis bofilli . After more detailed measuring it transpires that the dimensions are larger than in Heliopora bofilli . Heliopora bofilli itself is probably a junior synonym of Heliopora blainvilleana Michelin, 1841. This is difficult to decide; the type material of Heliopora blainvilleana comes from Uchaux (Vaucluse, France) and is very poorly preserved. Therefore, Heliopora blainvilleana probably should be discarded. The type material of Heliopora partschi is available but did not deliver well-constrained morphometric data.

Other occurrences.

Coniacian to Santonian of the Central Tethys (Austria), lower Santonian of the Western Tethys (France), Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Western Atlantic (Jamaica), Maastrichtian of the Western Tethys (France).