Open AccessThe type of Aplosmilia vidali Angelis d’Ossat, 1905 (Scleractinia; Early Cretaceous)
Author(s) -
Hannes Löser
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
treballs del museu de geologia de barcelona
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2385-4499
pISSN - 1130-4995
DOI - 10.32800/tmgb.2011.18.0005
Subject(s) - scleractinia , genus , cretaceous , type species , synonym (taxonomy) , type (biology) , biology , coral , zoology , paleontology , ecology , cnidaria
The Early Cretaceous Scleractinian coral species Aplosmilia vidali Angelis d´Ossat, 1905 is revised and a lectotype is designated. The solitary coral belongs to the genus Tiarasmilia and is probably a senior synonym of the type species of this genus, Tiarasmilia casteri Wells, 1932.
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