Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846 )

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 143

Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846)

Pl. 12, fig. 7

*1846 Porites elegans: Leymerie , p. 358, pl. 13.

v1868 Dictyaraea elegans (Leymerie) : Reuss, p. 163, pl. 15, figs 6, 7.

1883 Litharaea sp. : Pratz, p. 223.

1884 Goniaraea elegans (Leymerie) : Felix, p. 424, pl. 3, figs 1, 2.

1880 Porites superposita, Duncan : Duncan, p. 57, pl. 14, figs 5, 6.

v1900 Litharaea parkinsoni , sp. nov.: Gregory, 37, pl. 2, figs 13, 14.

1912 Goniaraea elegans (Leymerie) : Oppenheim, p. 98, pl. 12 (3), figs 2, 3, text-fig. 2.

1915 Goniaraea elegans (Leymerie) : Dainelli, p. 216.

1925 Goniaraea elegans Leymerie sp. 1846: Felix, pars 28, p. 285 (older synonyms cited therein).

1941b Goniopora nomlandi , n. sp.: Wells, p. 11 (311), pl. 1, fig. 6.

1941 Goniaraea elegans (Leymerie) : Solè Sabaris, 398, pl. 8, fig. 52.

1949 Goniopora Ameliana Defr. sp. 1826 : Alloiteau, p. 11, pl. 8, fig. 2.

1975 Goniaraea elegans (Leymerie) : Kuzmicheva, p. 26, pl. 3, fig. 6.

1987 Goniopora elegans (Leymerie) : Kuzmicheva, p. 158, pl. 28, fig. 7.

nonv1988 Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846) : Drobne et al., p. 188, pl. 34, figs 1–3.

cf.1996 Favites tenuiseptata (Duncan) : Metwally, p. 387, figs 4g –h.

1996 Goniopora elegans (Leymerie) : Schuster, p. 73, pl. 15, fig. 4.

nonv1998 Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846) : Turnšek, in Turnšek & Drobne, p. 138, pl. 8, fig. 5.

v2000 Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846) : Baron-Szabo, p. 118, pl. 9, fig. 2.

v2001 Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846) : Baron-Szabo, p. 262, fig. 2 C.

v2002 Goniopora elegans ( Leymerie, 1846) : Baron-Szabo, p. 128, pl. 89, fig. 5.

Dimensions. d=2.5–4.5 mm; c-c=3.5– 6 mm; s=20–26.

Description. Massive, cerioid; calices rounded or irregularly polygonal in outline, separated by a reticulated coenosteum; septa arranged in 2–3 cycles, about 10 of which reach centre of the calice; another set of up to 10 septa reaches about half the length of the oldest ones, sometimes fusing with septa of the preceding cycle; columella irregular spongy-papillose or formed by twisted segments.

Remarks. The specimens described and figured as Favites tenuiseptata from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Oman Mountains in Metwally (1996) clearly show all characteristics of the genus Goniopora as described above, but seem to have a greater number of septa (around 24–28) and a slightly larger corallite diameter (3– 5.5 mm).

Type locality of species. Eocene of France (Corbières) .

Distribution. Upper Turonian-Coniacian of Austria (Theresienstein reef), Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of