Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version
Author
Löser, Hannes
Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Luis Donaldo Colosio S / N y Madrid, 83250 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Author
Werner, Winfried
SNSB – Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and GeobioCenterLMU, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, D- 80333 München, Germany
Author
Darga, Robert
Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum Siegsdorf, Auenstraße 2, D- 83313 Siegsdorf, Germany
text
Zitteliana
2023
2023-12-20
97
89
147
journal article
10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
D4564419-3213-4D38-96BB-E7CFE157E0F8
Superfamily
Phyllosmilioidea Felix, 1903 b
Description.
Solitary and (astreoid, flabelloid, meandroid, phaceloid, plocoid) colonial corals.
Septa
compact. First septal generation thicker than all others. Symmetry irregular or subregular radial.
Septa
in some genera connected to each other. Septal distal margins smooth, lateral faces with fine thorns, inner margins often swollen or T-shaped. Lonsdaleoid septa very rare. Main septum absent. Microstructure of very small trabeculae, only marked by a dark line. The costae are made by medium-sized trabeculae that result in granulated costal surfaces. Synapticulae and pali absent. Columella present or absent. Endotheca mostly present. Marginarium absent. Wall generally present, septothecal. Coenosteum present in some genera. Budding varies.
Family
Phyllosmiliidae Felix, 1903 b