Tamnoseris cf. carpathica Morycowa, 1971

Tamnoseris cf. carpathica Morycowa, 1971

Figs. 9A–B View Fig

v*1971? Tamnoseris carpathica n. sp.: Morycowa, p. 106–108, Pl. 28, Fig. 1a–e View Fig .

nonv1981 Tamnoseris carpathica Morycowa, 1971 : Turnšek , in Turnšek & Mihajlović, p. 29, Pl. 31, Fig. 4–5 View Fig View Fig .

1988 Tamnoseris carpathica Morycowa, 1971 : Kuzmicheva & Aliev, 1988 p. 169, Pl. 5, Fig. 4a–b View Fig .

2006 Tamnoseris carpathica Morycowa, 1971 : Morycowa & Decrouez, p. 810–812, Pl. 9, Figs. 5–7 View Fig View Fig View Fig . [older synonyms cited therein]

2021b Tamnoseris carpathica Morycowa, 1971 : Baron-Szabo, Appendix Tables 2–5, and 7–12.

Dimensions. Diameter of corallites: 2–4.5 mm, in areas of intense budding around 1.5 mm; distance of corallite centers: 2.5– 5 mm, in areas of intense budding the distance is around 1.5 mm; septa/corallite: 20 to around 32, in corallites in areas of intense budding 12; septa/mm: 6–7/2.

Description. Fragment of a massive, cerio-thamnasterioid colony; corallites isolated or arranged in short-meandroid series; septa subequal in thickness; up to around 12 septa reach corallite center.

Type locality of species. Lower Aptian of Romania (Valea Izvorul Alb) .

Distribution. Lower Valanginian of northeastern Switzerland (Vitznau Marl, Wart; this paper), Barremian of Azerbaijan, lower Aptian of Romania (Valea Izvorul Alb) and Switzerland (Upper Schrattenkalk of Hergiswil).

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Fig. 9 A View Fig Thamnoseris cf. carpathica Morycowa, 1971 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.37b; calicular view of colony, polished surface; scale bar: 2 mm. B Thamnoseris cf. carpathica Morycowa, 1971 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.37b;oblique longitudinal view of colony, polished surface; scale bar: 1 mm. C Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau, 1961 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.29d (= 23d); calicular view of colony, thin section; scale bar: 2 mm. D Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau, 1961 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.29d (= 23d); close-up of Fig. C; scale bar: 1 mm. E Adelocoenia parvistella Alloiteau, 1961 , NMSG Coll.

PK 02.10.23d (=29d); upper surface of colony, calicular view,partially polished;scale bar: 2 mm. F Pleurophyllia? tobleri ( Koby, 1896) , NMSG Coll.

PK 02.10.15;calicular view of corallum, polished surface; scale bar: 1 mm. G Pleurophyllia? tobleri ( Koby, 1896) , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.20d; calicular view of corallum,upper surface;scale bar: 1 mm. H Cyathophora claudiensis Étallon, 1859 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.22a; calicular view of colony, thin section;scale bar: 4 mm. I Cyathophora claudiensis Étallon, 1859 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.22a; upper surface of colony, calicular view; scale bar: 10 mm.

J Cyathophora claudiensis Étallon, 1859 , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.29b (= 23b); calicular view of colony, thin section;scale bar: 3 mm. K Stylophyllid indet., NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.14c (=13) longitudinal view of corallum, oblique, polished surface; green arrows indicate septa; orange arrow indicates corallite wall; scale bar: 4 mm. L Stylophyllopsis silingensis ( Liao, 1982) , NMSG Coll. PK 02.10.35l;calicular view of colony, thin section; scale bar: 2 mm

Material. NMSG Coll. PK–02.10.37b.

Remarks. Te material described as Tamnoseris carpathica from the Barremian–lower Aptian of eastern Serbia ( Turnšek & Mihajlović, 1981) has just recently been transferred to the genus Talamocaeniopsis , grouping it with the species T. stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime) (see Baron-Szabo, 2021b). Because the Swiss material represents only a fragment of a colony, the total dimensions of the skeletal elements cannot be determined. Te skeletal features observed correspond to the species T. carpathica .