Latiastrea canavarii (Prever, 1909)

Löser, Hannes, Nieto, Luis M., Castro, José Manuel & Reolid, Matías, 2019, A Lower Valanginian coral fauna from the South Iberian Palaeomargin (Internal Prebetic, SE Spain), Palaeontologia Electronica (a 06) 24 (1), pp. 1-57 : 18-19

Latiastrea canavarii (Prever, 1909)

Figure 17

v* 1909a Latimaeandraraea Canavarii Prever , p. 100, pl. 9, fig. 4

v 1909a Latimaeandraraea Douvilléi ; Prever, p. 102, pl. 7, fig. 5, pl. 9, fig. 7

v 1955 Microphyllia bachmayeri ; Geyer, p. 205, pl. 23, fig. 5 pl. 25, fig. 2

Material. MGB 83305, 83311, 83322, 83344, 83349; 2 thin sections.

Dimensions. See Table 13.

Remarks. Latiastrea has a transitional position between Thalamocaeniopsis and monoserial Microphyllia . The genus was recently depicted and described (Löser, 2016).

Occurrence. Kimmeridgian of France (Jura) Valfin (MNHN R10749). Tithonian to Lower Berriasian of Czech Republic (Moravia) Štramberk. Lower Aptian of Italy (Abruzzi, L’Aquila) Monti d’Ocre, Fossa Cerasetti.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Latiastrea canavarii (Prever, 1909), MGB 83311. 1: transversal thin section. 2: transversal thin section, detail. 3: longitudinal thin section. Scale 1 mm.