†family Carolastraeidae Eliasova 1976 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Parent taxon: Amphiastraeina according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 2002
Sister taxa: Donacosmilidae, Intersmiliidae, Mitrodendronidae, Opisthophyllidae
Subtaxa: Carolastraea Comalia Paracarolastraea
Type: Carolastraea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Greece (1), Japan (1), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence