†family Carolastraeidae Eliasova 1976 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae

Full reference: H. Eliasova. 1976. Nouvelle famille du sous-ordre Amphiastraeina Alloiteau, 1952 (Hexacoralla), Tithonien de Tchécoslovaquie [New family of the suborder Amphiastraeina Alloiteau, 1952 (Hexacoralla) in the Tithonian of Czechoslovakia]. Vestnik Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho 51:177-178

Parent taxon: Amphiastraeina according to E. Roniewicz and J. Stolarski 2001

See also Baron-Szabo 2002 and Eliasova 1976

Sister taxa: Donacosmilidae, Intersmiliidae, Mitrodendronidae, Opisthophyllidae

Subtaxa: Carolastraea Comalia Paracarolastraea

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Type: Carolastraea

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Greece (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Spain (2)

• Jurassic of Czechia (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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