Astraeofungia 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	Astraeofungia Alloiteau, 1952
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Type species.

Astrea decipiens Michelin, 1846 .

Description.

Thamnasterioid colony, with mostly only at the inner margin perforated septa, that barely differ in length and thickness. The corallites are regularly distributed, generally not in rows, or only when juvenile. Costae run between all corallites. There is no wall.

References

Alloiteau J (1952) Madreporaires post-paleozoiques. In: Piveteau J (Ed.) Traite de Paleontologie (1), Paris, Masson, 539 - 684.

Michelin H (1846) Iconographie zoophytologique. Description par localites et terrains des polypiers fossiles de France (6). Paris, Bertrand, 185 - 248.