Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Alternative spelling: Elyastraea
Full reference: G. C. Laube. 1865. Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian: Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie der Alpinen Trias. II. Abtheilung. Spongitarien, Corallen, Echiniden und Crinoiden 1-76
Parent taxon: Montlivaltiinae according to J. W. Wells 1956
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Turnsek 1997
Sister taxa: Dimorphosmilia, Fromentellia, Lasmosmilia, Margarastraea, Meandrastrea, Montlivaltia, Mycetophylliopsis, Phyllogyra
Subtaxa: Elyastraea juliana Elyastraea major Elyastraea profunda Elysastraea fischeri Elysastraea oligocystis Elysastraea parvula Elysastraea profunda
Type: Elysastraea fischeri
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Tajikistan (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), Italy (1), Japan (1), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (1), United States (22: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 35 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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