Aulastraeopora Prever 1909 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae

Synonyms: Blothrocyathus Wells 1932, Icaunhelia Beauvais 1958

Parent taxon: Aulastraeoporidae according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Apoplacophyllia, Eopreverastrea, Oedalmiopsis, Preverastraea

Subtaxa: Aulastraeopora deangelisi Aulastraeopora graeca Aulastraeopora harrisi Aulastraeopora schnauzeae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (4 collections), Greece (7), Italy (2), Mexico (3), Spain (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of Morocco (2)

Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences

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