New data on Angustiphyllum Altevogt, 1965, an automobile free-living rugose coral from the Eifelian of the Western Armorican Massif (France)
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS-UMR 6538 « Domaines océaniques », Laboratoire de Paléontologie, UFR Sciences, 6 av. Le Gorgeu, CS 93837, F-29238 Brest, France; yves.plusquellec@univ-brest.fr
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS-UMR 6538 « Domaines océaniques », Laboratoire de Paléontologie, UFR Sciences, 6 av. Le Gorgeu, CS 93837, F-29238 Brest, France; remy.gourvennec@univ-brest.fr
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Abstract
The genus Angustiphyllum is recorded for the first time in the Armorican Massif (Rade de Brest) and two new species are erected: A. stylophorum and A. vidalae. The well preserved material shows the indisputable presence of costae on the exterior side of the corallum, which, besides the wedge-like morphology of the corallum, constitutes the main diagnostic feature of the genus. Angustiphyllum seems to be a good index for the Upper Eifelian of the Ibero-Armorican Domain.