Eocolumastrea sp.

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

Eocolumastrea sp.

Plate 2: figs 7, 8

Material.

LFU 8336 SG 015079 # 4; one thin section.

Dimensions.

( LFU 8336 SG 015079 # 4).

Remarks.

The septal symmetry is particular in this specimen. Whereas in Eocolumastrea the septal symmetry is normally a multiple of six or ten, the present specimen shows varying systems such as eleven and ten.

Figures

Plate 2. (1, 2) Parasmilia centralis (Mantell, 1822). 1. LFU 8336 SG 015132 # 2, Transversal thin section. 2. LFU 8336 SG 015132 # 4, Transversal thin section. 3. Procladocora sp., LFU 8336 SG 015140 # 1. Transversal thin section. (4–6) Procladocora simonyi (Reuss, 1854). LFU 8336 SG 015082 # 3. 4. Transversal thin section. 5. Longitudinal thin section. 6. LFU 8336 SG 015162, Transversal thin section. (7, 8) Eocolumastrea sp., LFU 8336 SG 015079 # 4. 7. Transversal thin section. 8. Transversal thin section, detail. 9. Aulosmilia inflexa (Reuss, 1854). BSPG 1947 XVI 72. Transversal thin section. (10–12) Cyclastraea sp., BSPG 1947 XVI 87. 10. Transversal thin section. 11. Transversal thin section, detail. 12. Transversal thin section, detail. Scale bars: 1 mm.