Cryptocoenia waltoni (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)

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

Cryptocoenia waltoni (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)

v*1851 Convexastrea waltoni - Milne Edwards and Haime: 109, pl. 23, figs 5, 6.

v1873 Astrocoenia Reussiana, Stoliczka - Stoliczka: 27, pl. 5, figs 3, 4.

v1947 Cyathophora Fontserei Bataller 1944 - Bataller: 48, text-fig.

v1966 Stylina elegans Beauvais - Beauvais: 121, pl. 1, fig. 1.

v1974 Cyathophora pygmaea Volz - Turnšek and Buser: 12, 33, pl. 4, fig. 1.

v1981 Cyathophora pygmaea Volz 1903 - Turnšek and Mihajlovic: 18, pl. 13, figs 1, 2.

v1994 Adelocoenia pygmaea (Volz 1903) - Löser: 10, text-figs 4, 5, pl. 12, figs 1, 2.

v2013 Cryptocoenia fontserei (Bataller, 1947) - Löser, Werner and Darga: 66, pl. 9, figs 7-9.

v2015c Cryptocoenia reussiana (Stoliczka, 1873) - Löser: 21, figs 3D-F.

Material.

BSPG 1947 XVI 12, 1947 XVI 20, 1947 XVI 23, 1947 XVI 49, 1947 XVI 6, 1947 XVI 77, 1991 X 43, LFU 8336 SG015013 #1, 8336 SG015107 , 8336 SG015228 #4; eight thin sections .

Remarks.

In Löser et al. (2013c) this material was assigned to Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller, 1947. Afterwards, it was possible to examine the types of Cryptocoenia waltoni and Cryptocoenia fontserei . It transpired that both species are synonymous.

Other occurrences.

Aalenian to Callovian of the European Boreal (UK), Callovian of the Central Tethys (Tunisia), Kimmeridgian of the European Boreal (Germany), upper Barremian to lower Aptian of the Central Tethys (Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia), lower Aptian of the Western Tethys (Spain), lower Albian of the Western Atlantic (Mexico), lower Albian to lower Cenomanian of the Western Tethys (Spain, France), upper Albian of the Southern Tethys (India) and the European Boreal (UK), lower Cenomanian of the Western Tethys (Spain), middle Cenomanian of the European Boreal (Belgium, Germany).