Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Alternative combination: Thamnastraea confusa
Full reference: G. G. Winckler. 1861. Der Oberkeuper, nach Studien in den bayrischen Alpen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gessellschaft 13:459-521
Belongs to Astraeomorpha according to E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley 2013
See also Caruthers and Stanley 2008, Prinz 1991, Roniewicz 1989, Shepherd et al. 2012 and Stanley 1994
Sister taxa: Astraeomorpha crassisepta, Astraeomorpha minima, Astraeomorpha minor, Astraeomorpha multisepta, Astraeomorpha pratzi, Astraeomorpha reimani, Astraeomorpha sonorensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections), Austria (9), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (1), Germany (1), Iran (3), Italy (4), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (2), Tajikistan (5), United States (6: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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