†family Tropidastraeidae Melnikova 1984 (stony coral)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropidastraeidae
Parent taxon: Faviina according to E. Morycowa 1988
Sister taxa: Cladocoridae, Columastreidae, Diplocteniopsidae, Eugyridae, Faviicae, Heliastraeidae, Isastreidae, Misistellidae, Mussidae, Oculinidae, Pamiroseriidae, Phyllocoeniidae, Placocoeniidae, Placosmiliidae, Stylophyllicae
Subtaxa: Chevalieria
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Poland (1 collection), Tajikistan (3)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences