Scleractinia taxon details
Gigantostyliidae Frech, 1890 †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 37: 1-116, pls. 111-121., available online at http://archive.org/details/palaeontographic37cass [details]
Status ex subfamily Gigantostylinae Frech,1890
Status ex subfamily Gigantostylinae Frech,1890 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Gigantostyliidae Frech, 1890 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439859 on 2024-03-28
original description
Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 37: 1-116, pls. 111-121., available online at http://archive.org/details/palaeontographic37cass [details]
basis of record Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. <em>Palaeoworld.</em> 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [details]
basis of record Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. <em>Palaeoworld.</em> 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary; septa compact, structurally continuing into the wall; columella solid, independent of septa, built of superposing lamellae composed of palisaded fibres; endotheca lacking; wall thick, built of scale-like units. [details]Status ex subfamily Gigantostylinae Frech,1890 [details]