Dimorpharaea williamsonensis (Wells, 1944)

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

Dimorpharaea williamsonensis (Wells, 1944)

*v1944 Microsolena williamsonensis Wells, n.sp. - Wells: 100, pl. 20, figs 1-4.

v2013 Dimorpharaea japonica Eguchi, 1951 - Löser, Werner and Darga: 63, pl. 8, figs 10-12.

v2017 Dimorpharaea japonica Eguchi, 1951 - Löser and Bilotte: 9, figs 7g-i.

Material.

BSPG 1991 X 80; two thin sections.

Remarks.

In Löser et al. (2013c), 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).