Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Alternative combinations: Fungiastraea major, Thamnasteria major, Thamnastraea major
Synonyms: Microsaraea distefanoi Prever 1909, Microsolena distefanoi Prever 1909, Polyphylloseris distefanoi Prever 1909, Polyphylloseris japonica Eguchi 1951
Belongs to Microsolena according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2018
See also Eguchi 1951, Morycowa and Decrouez 2006, Prinz 1991 and Tomás et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena amorpha, Microsolena arishensis, Microsolena besairiei, Microsolena caesaris, Microsolena cavernosa, Microsolena corticata, Microsolena delicatula, Microsolena exigua, Microsolena fascicularis, Microsolena foliosa, Microsolena formosa, Microsolena fromenteli, Microsolena guttata, Microsolena hassimguitaensis, Microsolena hemispherica, Microsolena interjecta, Microsolena japonica, Microsolena julii, Microsolena kobyi, Microsolena kugleri, Microsolena loginovae, Microsolena mosensis, Microsolena multisepta, Microsolena ornata, Microsolena parva, Microsolena piriformis, Microsolena plana, Microsolena porosa, Microsolena ramosa, Microsolena regularis, Microsolena sadeki, Microsolena sinuata, Microsolena stellata, Microsolena subexcavata, Microsolena subturbinata, Microsolena texana, Microsolena thurmanni, Microsolena tuberosa, Microsolena verdati, Microsolena yabei, Microsolena zangbeiensis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (4 collections), France (4), Georgia (6), Germany (1), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Poland (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (5), United States (1: New Mexico)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), France (6), Germany (2), Portugal (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (1)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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