Aulocystis okitsui, a New Silurian Tabulate Coral from the Suberidani Group, Tokushima Prefecture.

Accession number;01A1037007
Title;Aulocystis okitsui, a New Silurian Tabulate Coral from the Suberidani Group, Tokushima Prefecture.
Author; NIKO S (Hiroshima Univ., Hiroshima, Jpn)
Journal Title;Bull Natl Sci Mus Ser C
Journal Code:S0397B
ISSN:0385-244X
VOL.27;NO.1/2;PAGE.7-13(2001)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.3, REF.16
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;An early Ludlow (Late Silurian) species of auloporid tabulate coral, Aulocystis okitsui sp. nov., is described from the lowest Suberidani Group in the Katuura area, Tokushima Prefecture. Its diagnostic characters are small corallite diameters for Aulocystis, the rare spine-like projections on the tabulae, and the incomplete tabulae with somewhat irregular spacing. This species is conspecific with Aulocystis sp. indet. (Niko, 1998) from the G3 Member of the Gionyama Formation, Miyazaki Prefecture. (author abst.)