Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau, 1960

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 : 34-35

Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau, 1960

Figure 42

v* 1960 Clausastraea bolzei Alloiteau , p. 23, text-figs. 8, 9, pl. 5, figs. 2, 4

v 1960 Clausastraea saltensis n.sp.; Alloiteau, p. 25, text-fig. 10, pl. 2, fig. 2

Material. MGB 83227; 2 thin sections.

Dimensions. See Table 37.

Remarks. The genus was described and depicted in Löser (2016). The present material differs from the diagnosis of the genus by confluent costae and corallites arranged in rows. Nevertheless, it compares well to the type material of C. bolzei .

Occurrence. Tithonian of Spain (Valencia, Alicante) La Querola (MNHN R10850). Tithonian to Lower Berriasian of Czech Republic (Moravia) Štramberk (CGS HF 3215). Valanginian to Aptian of Mexico (Puebla) San Juan Raya (IGM 9205). Lower Aptian (Tuarkyricus - Weissi Zone) of France (Vaucluse) Sault. Lower Aptian of Tunisia, Aïn el Baida, Cheid Mt.

Figures

FIGURE 42. Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau, 1960, MGB 83227. 1: transversal thin section. 2: transversal thin section, detail. 3: longitudinal thin section. Scale 1 mm.