Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Parent taxon: Merulinidae according to W. Kiessling 2021
See also Bosellini 1999 and Chevalier 1961
Sister taxa: Anisocoenia, Antiguastrea, Aquitanastraea, Astrea, Australogyra, Bikiniastrea, Boninastrea, Cladocora, Coelastrea, Cyphastrea, Dictuophyllia, Diplogyra, Dipsastraea, Echinopora, Edwardsastraea, Erythrastrea, Favites, Goniastrea, Hydnophora, Hydnophyllia, Leptoria, Liptodendron, Merulina, Mycedium, Orbicella, Oulophyllia, Paraclavarina, Paraleptoria, Paramontastraea, Parastrea, Pectinia, Phacellocoenia, Platygyra, Plavecia, Procladocora, Scapophyllia, Tarbellastraea, Trachyphyllia
Subtaxa: Monticulastraea insignis Monticulastraea maeandrina Monticulastraea roseola Monticulastraea solidior
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2 collections)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Iran (3), Pakistan (1), Somalia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Somalia (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (2), Libya (2)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Iran (2)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), Iran (1), Oman (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), the United Arab Emirates (2)
Total: 25 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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