Dendrogyroidea Alloiteau, 1952

Löser, 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 : 89-147

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.97.113796
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scientific name	Dendrogyroidea Alloiteau, 1952
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Superfamily Dendrogyroidea Alloiteau, 1952 View in CoL

Description.

Colonial corals. Septa strong, compact. Symmetry irregular. Septa often connected to each other. Septal distal margins smooth, lateral faces smooth or with thorns, inner margins slightly swollen. Lonsdaleoid septa absent. Main septum absent. Microstructure of very small trabeculae, only marked by a dark line. Synapticulae and pali absent. Columella by septal fusion. Endotheca mostly present, consisting of tabulae or dissepiments. Marginarium absent. Wall generally present, septothecal. Coenosteum present in some genera. Budding varies.

Family Dendrogyridae Alloiteau, 1952