Latomeandridae Alloiteau, 1952

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie Christine, Tschanz, Karl & KÜrsteiner, Peter, 2022, Scleractinian corals from the Lower Cretaceous of the Alpstein area (Anthozoa; Vitznau Marl; lower Valanginian) and a preliminary comparison with contemporaneous coral assemblages, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (3) 141 (1), pp. 1-61 : 26

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Latomeandridae Alloiteau, 1952
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Family Latomeandridae Alloiteau, 1952 View in CoL Genus Fungiastraea Alloiteau, 1952

Type species. Fungiastraea laganum Alloiteau, 1952 View in CoL , Upper Turonian of France (Uchaux, Vaucluse) .

Diagnosis. Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid to submeandroid. Budding intracalicular, occasionally extracalicular. Corallite centers distinct. Septa compact to subcompact, confluent, moderately granulated and pennulated laterally. Sub- to non-confluent septa sparse, occurring in areas of extracalicular budding. Columella spongy, papillose, or variably shaped when columellar trabeculae fuse. Paliform structures absent. Synapticulae present. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 90 to around 350 µm. Endothecal dissepiments thin, vesicular to subtabulate. No wall between corallites but parasynapticulothecal developments circumscribing some parts of corallites sometimes present.

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