Cuifia marmorea ( Frech, 1890 )

Roniewicz, Ewa, 2011, Early Norian (Triassic) corals from the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, and the intra-Norian faunal turnover, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2), pp. 401-428 : 409-410

Cuifia marmorea ( Frech, 1890)

Fig. 3F.

1890 Montlivaltia marmorea sp. nov.; Frech 1890: 41, pl. 11: 6, 6a. 1996 Cuifia marmorea ( Frech, 1890) ; Roniewicz 1996: 15, pl. 1: 1–3;

pl. 2: 1–3; pl. 4: 3.

Material.— Fragmentary corallum GBA 1995/2/1 /1, and fragments in organodetritic limestone GBA 2009 /019/4, thin sections .

doi:10.4202/app.2009.0092

Measurements (in mm):

GBA d s 1995/2/1 /1 40–50 (shorter diameter) e. 150 (S1–S5)

Remarks.—In organodetritic limestone GBA 2009/019/5, a corallum with diameter of ca. 10× 16 mm and a wall structure typical of genus Cuifia is present which may represent a juvenile stage of an unidentified species of this genus.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.— Austria: Northern Calcareous Alps, Dachstein Plateau, north of Feisterscharte: lower Norian, Epigondolella quadrata Conodont Zone ; vicinity of Altaussee: Volz 1896 indicates the Pinacoceras – Arcestes Ammonoid Zone; Gosaukamm: Sevatian/Lower Rhaetian? (found in the scree).