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
Cyclolitoidea
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Description.
Solitary and colonial corals.
Septa
either with regularly distributed perforations, with perforations only in certain parts of the septa, or almost compact.
Septa
generally thick, without notable symmetry (except
Negoporitidae
).
Septa
often connected to each other. Septal lateral faces with pennulae and thorns. Septal distal margin with large granulae. Both lonsdaleoid septa and main septum absent. Microstructure of large trabeculae. Synapticulae present. Pali in some genera probably present but difficult to distinguish from the perforated inner margins of the septa. Columella poorly defined. Endotheca present or absent. When present, mostly thin tabulae. Marginarium absent. Wall poorly developed. Coenosteum varies depending on the organisation
type
. Budding varies.