Parasmilia centralis (Mantell, 1822)

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

Parasmilia centralis (Mantell, 1822)

Plate 2: figs 1, 2

*v1822 Madrepora centralis - Mantell: 159, pl. 16, figs 2, 4.

v2016c Madrepora centralis Mantell, 1822 - Löser: 510, figs P30a, b.

Material.

LFU 8336 SG015132 #2, 8336 SG015132 #3, 8336 SG015132 #4, 8336 SG015133 #1; seven thin sections .

Dimensions.

(LFU 8336SG015132#2).

Remarks.

The coral Parasmilia centralis is far more than one hundred times cited in the literature. Since most of these citations are not accompanied by proper illustrations and/or corallite measurements and septal counts, a synonymy list cannot be compiled. The distribution data are based on material observed by the first author (H.L.).

Other occurrences.

Cenomanian of the European Boreal (UK), Coniacian to lower Santonian of the Central Tethys (Austria), upper Coniacian to Maastrichtian of the European Boreal (UK, Germany).

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.