title: Scleractinian corals from the Lower Cretaceous of the Alpstein area (Anthozoa; Vitznau Marl; lower Valanginian) and a preliminary comparison with contemporaneous coral assemblages
abstract: Abstract From the Vitznau Marl (lower Valanginian) at the locality Wart in northeastern Switzerland (Alpstein area), 18 species from 17 genera and 13 families are described, including the genera Actinaraea, Actinastrea, Adelocoenia, Aplosmilia, Axosmilia, Complexastrea, Cyathophora, Dermosmilia, Fungiastraea, Heterocoenia, Latiastrea, Montlivaltia, Placophyllia, Pleurophyllia, Stylophyllopsis, Thamnoseris , and specimens showing affinities to solitary stylophyllids. The corals from the Vitznau M
journal: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology