Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843)

Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843) View in CoL

Figs. 10C–E View Fig

v*1843 Lobophyllia semisulcata . N.: Michelin, p. 89, Pl. 17, Fig. 8. View Fig

v1850 Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843) : d’Orbigny, vol. 2, p. 37.

v1880 Aplosmilia semisulcata, Michelin , sp.: Koby, p. 50–51, Pl. 8, Figs. 3–4a View Fig View Fig , Pl. 14, Figs. 1–2a. View Fig View Fig

v1976 Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843) : Roniewicz, p. 82–83, Pl. 20, Figs. 3a–d View Fig .

1985 Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843) View in CoL : Geyer & Rosendahl, p. 167, Pl. 2, Fig. 7 View Fig .

1991 Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843) View in CoL : Errenst, p. 3–4, Pl. 13, Fig. 2a–b View Fig . [older synonyms cited therein]

1991 Aplosmilia semisulcata ( Michelin, 1843) View in CoL : Lebanidze, 1991 p. 38–39, Pl. 14, Figs. 3a–b View Fig , Text-Fig. 8a–b View Fig .

2003 Aplosmilia cf. semisulcata Michelin, 1843 View in CoL : Pandey & Fürsich, p. 116–118, Pl. 16 Figs. 7–9 View Fig View Fig View Fig .

Dimensions. Great diameter of corallites: 7–12 mm; small diameter of corallites: 6.5– 8 mm; in areas of intense budding around 2 mm; septa/corallite: 24 to around 40, in corallites in areas of intense budding around 16; septa/ mm: 2–3/2.

Description. Branches of a phaceloid colony; corallites subcircular to elongate in outline; septa developed in 3 to 4 size orders, regularly alternating in length and thickness; lamellar columella preserved deeper in corallum.

Type locality of species. Jurassic of France (Verdun) .

Distribution. Jurassic of France, Bathonian–middle Callovian of Iran, Oxfordian of Montenegro, upper Oxfordian of Turkmenistan, upper Oxfordian–Kimmeridgian of Georgia (in Caucasus), lower Kimmeridgian of Portugal and Spain, Tithonian–lower Berriasian of the Czech Republic, upper Berriasian of southern Spain (Andalusia), lower Valanginian of northeastern Switzerland (Vitznau Marl, Wart; this paper).