Brachycoenia aff. composita (Sowerby, 1832)

Loeser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Rosssteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) - a revised and extended version, Zitteliana 97, pp. 89-147 : 89

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796

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scientific name

Brachycoenia aff. composita (Sowerby, 1832)
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Brachycoenia aff. composita (Sowerby, 1832)

Plate 4: figs 8-10 View Plate 4

v2019 Brachycoenia aff. composita (Sowerby, 1832) - Löser, Heinrich and Schuster: 95, figs 135a-c.

Material.

BSPG 1955 XIX 34; two thin sections.

Dimensions.

(BSPG 1955 XIX 34).

Remarks.

The specimen has smaller corallite dimensions compared to Brachycoenia composita . Since the type material of Brachycoenia composita is not available and a correct comparison is not possible, a new species cannot be established for this specimen.

Other occurrences.

Coniacian to Santonian of the Central Tethys (Austria).

Gallery Image

Plate 4. (1 - 2) Thalamocaeniopsis sp. 2, BSPG 1947 XVI 76. 1. Transversal thin section. 2. Transversal thin section, detail. (3 - 4) Eocomoseris sp., LFU 8336 SG 015094 # 3. 3. Transversal thin section. 4. Transversal thin section, detail. (5 - 7) Paractinacis uliae Loeser & Heinrich, 2018. LFU 8336 SG 015157. 5. Transversal thin section. 6. Transversal thin section, detail. 7. Longitudinal thin section. (8 - 10) Brachycoenia aff. composita (Sowerby, 1832). BSPG 1955 XIX 34. 8. Colony surface. 9. Transversal thin section. 10. Longitudinal thin section. Scale bars: 1 mm.