Dimorpharaea williamsonensis ( Wells, 1944 )

Löser, 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 : 89-147

Dimorpharaea williamsonensis ( Wells, 1944)

* v 1944 Microsolena williamsonensis Wells , n. sp. – Wells: 100, pl. 20, figs 1–4.

v 2013 Dimorpharaea japonica Eguchi, 1951 – Löser, Werner and Darga: 63, pl. 8, figs 10–12.

v 2017 Dimorpharaea japonica Eguchi, 1951 – Löser and Bilotte: 9, figs 7 g – i.

Material.

BSPG 1991 X 80; two thin sections.

Remarks.

In Löser et al. (2013 c), this specimen was assigned to Dimorpharaea japonica Eguchi, 1951 . Dimorpharaea japonica and Dimorpharaea williamsonensis have very similar dimensions but differ in the septal counts.

Other occurrences.

Upper Aptian of the Western Tethys ( Spain), Albian to lower Cenomanian of the Western Atlantic ( Mexico, USA), lower Cenomanian of the European Boreal ( Germany), upper Cenomanian of the Western Tethys ( France).