Ceriostella Roniewicz and Stanley, 1998

Roniewicz, Ewa, 2011, Early Norian (Triassic) corals from the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, and the intra-Norian faunal turnover, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2), pp. 401-428 : 416-418

Genus Ceriostella Roniewicz and Stanley, 1998

Type species: Ceriostella variabilis Roniewicz and Stanley, 1998 , Ladinian , Nevada, USA .

Remarks.—Genus Ceriostella , with C. variabilis as the type species, was initially recognised in North America in the updoi:10.4202/app.2009.0092

per Ladinian of the New Pass Range, central Nevada, below the beds containing the ammonoid Protrachyceras ( P. sutherlandi Ammonoid Zone ).

The genus is characterised by cerioid colonies composed of small corallites with radially arranged septa of three size orders, lacking columella, increasing by peripheral budding.