Astraeofungia decipiens ( Michelin, 1846 )

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

Astraeofungia decipiens ( Michelin, 1846)

* 1846 Astrea decipiens – Michelin: 200, pl. 50, fig. 13.

v 1891 Thamnastraea Crespoi – Felix: 146, pl. 22, fig. 5.

v 1951 Thamnasteria jezoensis Eguchi , n. sp. – Eguchi: 54, pl. 18, figs 5, 6.

v 1957 Astrea decipiens Michelin – Alloiteau: 213, figs 153–155, pl. 3, fig. 3, pl. 14, fig. 5, pl. 18, fig. 6.

v 1963 Thamnasteria crespoi (Felix) – Reyeros Navarro: 4, pl. 1, figs 1, 4.

v 1994 Thamnasteria cotteaui Fromentel – Liao and Xia: 127, pl. 32, figs 6, 7.

v 1996 Synastrea cf. dubia Fromentel, 1861 – Baron-Szabo and Steuber: 25, pl. 14, figs 1, 7.

v 2013 b Astraeofungia tenochi ( Felix, 1891) – Löser: 20, fig. 3.2.

v 2013 Astraeofungia tenochi ( Felix, 1891) – Löser, Werner and Darga: 58, pl. 7, figs 4–6.

v 2016 c Astrea decipiens Michelin, 1841 – Löser: 181, figs A 50 a – c.

v 2023 Astraeofungia decipiens ( Michelin, 1841) – Samaniego-Pesqueira et al.: 123, fig. 5 E.

Material.

BSPG 1947 XVI 27; two thin sections.

Remarks.

In Löser et al. (2013 c) this specimen was assigned to Astraeofungia tenochi ( Felix, 1891) . Improved and more systematic measurements show that Astraeofungia tenochi has larger dimensions and higher septal counts than the present specimen.

Other occurrences.

Valanginian to Aptian of the Western Atlantic ( Mexico), lower Hauterivian of the European Boreal ( Germany, France), Barremian of the Western Atlantic ( Mexico), lower Aptian of the Western Tethys ( France) and Central Tethys ( Greece), upper Aptian of the Western Pacific ( Japan), Aptian to lower Albian of the Central Tethys ( Greece, Hungary), lower Albian of the Western Tethys ( Spain) and Western Atlantic ( Mexico), upper Aptian to Albian of the Eastern Tethys ( Iran), middle Albian of the Western Atlantic ( Mexico), middle Cenomanian of the European Boreal ( France).