Aulosmilia inconstans (de Fromentel, 1862 b)

Löser, 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 : 89-147

Aulosmilia inconstans (de Fromentel, 1862 b)

v * 1862 b Trochosmilia inconstans – de Fromentel: 266, pl. 30, fig. 1, pl. 33, fig. 1.

v 1862 b Trochosmilia heterophyllia – de Fromentel: 272, pl. 35, fig. 1.

vp 1921 Placosmilia bofilli , n. sp. – Vidal: 4.

v 1952 Aulosmilia archiaci de From. 1862 – Alloiteau: 636, fig. 92, pl. 7, fig. 2.

v 1952 Strotogyra (Rhipidogyra) granulata All. – Alloiteau: pl. 3, fig. 3.

v 1957 Phragmosmilia crassa nov. sp. – Alloiteau: 86, figs 35, 36, pl. 2, fig. 1, pl. 19, fig. 9.

v 2013 Aulosmilia? inconstans (de Fromentel, 1862) – Löser, Werner and Darga: 55, pl. 6, figs 7–9.

v 2016 c Trochosmilia inconstans Fromentel, 1862 – Löser: 522, figs P 45 a, b.

v 2019 Aulosmilia inconstans Fromentel, 1862 – Löser, Heinrich and Schuster: 240, figs 373–375, figs 379 a – c.

Material.

BSPG 1947 XVI 36, 1947 XVI 37, 1991 X 41, 1991 X 53, 1991 X 54, 1991 X 55, 1991 X 56, 1991 X 57, 1991 X 58, 1991 X 85, 1991 X 86, 1991 X 87; four thin sections.

Remarks.

During the systematic revision of the Coniacian and Santonian corals of the Gosau Group, the genus Aulosmilia was profoundly investigated ( Löser et al. 2019) and much Upper Cretaceous coral type material was studied. The present material can now clearly be assigned to Aulosmilia inconstans .

Other occurrences.

Upper Cenomanian to Santonian of the Western Tethys ( France), Coniacian to Santonian of the Central Tethys ( Austria), Santonian to middle Campanian of the Western Tethys ( Spain, France).