In the current study, scleractinian corals from the Albian (uppermost Lower Cretaceous; 112.6–99.7 Ma) including 337 species (280 taxa assigned to species; 57 taxa kept in open nomenclature) from 147 genera (six of which include subgenera) belonging to 42 families (two of which include subfamilies; and incertae sedis) are evaluated and revised. Two new species (Apoplacophyllia asiatica, new species and Trigerastraea sikharulidzeae, new species) are described and two lectotypes are designated. Some specimens are illustrated for the first time, and new material (from Austria) is presented. The coral material includes records from 30 regions in Africa, the Americas, the Arctic, Asia, Australasia, and Europe. The most extensive records of Albian corals are from tropical/subtropical and arid areas, including the U.S.A., Mexico, Greece, France, and Spain. Over three-quarters of the Albian taxa belong to morphological forms having little to no hermatypic character (sensu Coates & Oliver), including species of the cerioid-plocoid group (genera: 36.7%; species: 38.5%), solitary taxa (genera: 26.5%; species: 28%), and branching forms (genera: 26.5%; 39 species = 11.5%). The coral faunas of the Albian are dominated by corals of “modern” microstructural groups sensu Roniewicz & Morycowa (76 genera = 51.7%; 169 species = 50.1%). Compared to the lowermost Cretaceous (Berriasian), which showed that 91% of the species and 83% of the genera belonged to previously established microstructural groups, the Lower Cretaceous ends with “modern” groups having become dominant. During the lower and middle Albian, the vast majority of taxa belonged to colonial forms (both 74%). A shift took place during the upper Albian, significantly increasing the number of solitary species to over 40% of the Albian fauna (42.9%). Throughout the Albian, the most diverse coral assemblages include non-reefal faunas, suggesting that, in contrast to, e.g., the Barremian–Aptian time period, reefal developments were less crucial for coral recruitment during this time. This study of the Albian fauna was used as the basis for synthesizing classical taxonomic works with modern microstructural data and recent DNA analyses in order to propose both a modified taxonomic framework and a working hypothetical phylogenetic tree for 41 scleractinian families occurring in the fossil record.

在目前的研究中，来自 Albian（下白垩纪最上端；112.6-99.7 Ma）的 scleractinian 珊瑚包括 337 个物种（280 个分类群分配给物种；57 个分类群保持开放命名法）来自 147 个属（其中六个包括亚属）属于 42评估和修订家族（其中两个包括亚家族；和不确定的 sedis）。两个新种（Apoplacophyllia asiatica新种和Trigerastraea sikharulidzeae，新物种）被描述并指定了两种选型。一些标本是第一次展示，并展示了新材料（来自奥地利）。珊瑚材料包括来自非洲、美洲、北极、亚洲、澳大拉西亚和欧洲 30 个地区的记录。阿尔比亚珊瑚最广泛的记录来自热带/亚热带和干旱地区，包括美国、墨西哥、希腊、法国和西班牙。超过四分之三的阿尔比亚分类群属于几乎没有雌雄同体特征的形态形式（sensu Coates & Oliver），包括蜡质-多球类群的物种（属：36.7%；物种：38.5%）、单独的分类群（属： 26.5%；物种：28%）和分枝形式（属：26.5%；39 个物种 = 11.5%）。阿尔比安的珊瑚动物群以“现代”显微结构群 sensu Roniewicz & 的珊瑚为主 Morycowa（76 属 = 51.7%；169 种 = 50.1%）。与最低的白垩纪（Berriasian）相比，91% 的物种和 83% 的属属于先前建立的微结构群，下白垩纪以“现代”群成为主导结束。在阿尔比亚中下游，绝大多数分类群都属于殖民形式（均为 74%）。在上阿尔比安期间发生了变化，使孤独物种的数量显着增加到阿尔比安动物群的 40% 以上（42.9%）。在整个阿尔比安地区，最多样化的珊瑚组合包括非珊瑚礁动物群，这表明与巴雷米亚-阿普蒂安时期相比，珊瑚礁的发展在这段时间对珊瑚的补充不那么重要。