Morelletpora turgida (Radoičić, 1975 non 1965) Barattolo, 2002

Sun, Qi, Schlagintweit, Felix & Li, Xianghui, 2025, New records of Dasycladales (green algae) from the Aptian-Albian Langshan Formation of Tibet, Comptes Rendus Palevol 24 (20), pp. 381-395 : 393

Morelletpora turgida (Radoičić, 1975 non 1965) Barattolo, 2002

( Figs 5E, F; 9F, K)

Salpingoporella turgida (Radoičić) Radoičić, 1975 , Bulletin scientifique du Conseil des Académies des Sciences et des Arts de la R.S.F. de Yougoslavie, Section A, Sciences naturelles, techniques et médicales 20 (9-10): pl. 1, fig. 2A in Radoičić, 1965 (Radoičić 1975); Bulletin of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica 10: 89, pl. 4, figs 2, 3, 7 ( Mu 1986). — Salpingoporella? turgida (Radoičić) Carras, Conrad & Radoičić 2006 , Revue de Paléobiologie 25: 489, pl. 11, figs 1-5 (reproducing figs 1, 2a of pl. 1, fig. 3 of pl. 2 and figs 2, 3 of pl. 3 from Radoičić 1965) ( Carras et al. 2006).

Pianella turgida Radoičić, Geološki vjesnik 18: 195, pl. 1, figs 1, 2, pl. 2, figs 1-4, pl. 3, figs 1-3, pl. 4, figs 1-4 (Radoičić 1965), nomen nudum. — Morelletpora turgida (Radoičić) Barattolo, 2002 , Research Advances in Calcareous Algae and Microbial Carbonates: 25 ( Barattolo 2002); Cretaceous Research 58: 171, figs 4-10 ( Bucur et al. 2016).

OCCURRENCES. — Roma Chambo section and Mendang section; Aptian and Albian.

REMARKS

Morelletpora turgida represents a rather common species in the upper Aptian-Albian parts of the Langshan Formation, often dispersed with individual thallus fragments in orbitolinid-rich facies ( Fig. 5D). Here the typical barrel-shaped isolated segments prevail. Packstones with abundant thallus fragments and are orbitolinids characterized by more elongated, almost cylindrical segments ( Fig. 5F).